Mechanisms of Transcription: Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology

Proceedings of a summer 1998 meeting, presenting results of recent studies in gene transcription. Covers events ranging from activation, through promoter recognition, repression, chromosome structure, chromatin remodeling, initiation and elongation, and regulatory complexes and pathways. Subjects include targeting sir proteins to sites of action, the yeast RNA polymerase III transcription machinery, nuclear matrix attachment regions to confer long-range function on immunoglobulin, ATP-dependent remodeling of chromatin, and the transcriptional basis of steroid physiology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)