ABSTRACT

Genes and the Environment is concerned with genes and how their structures and activities can be influenced by current relevant environmental adversitises. The book aims to provide a brief, integrated coverage at a biochemical and molecular biological level of the various effects that environmental factors can have on our genes, and those of other

part 1|1 pages

GENE DAMAGE: Its LIMITATION, REPAIR and CONSEQUENCES

chapter 2|37 pages

Environmental Factors that Damage DNA

chapter 3|16 pages

Spontaneous Alterations to DNA

chapter 5|17 pages

Detoxification and Antioxidant Defences

chapter 6|16 pages

DNA Repair Mechanisms

chapter 7|22 pages

Genetic Information Flow

chapter 8|32 pages

DNA Damage, Mutation, Cancer and Ageing

part 2|1 pages

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS: GENOMIC RESPONSES

chapter 9|56 pages

Gene Activation and Environmental Stress

chapter 10|13 pages

Stress Genes and Biotechnology

part 3|1 pages

THE ENVIRONMENT, GENES, BIODIVERSITY AND CANCER

chapter 11|15 pages

Prospects