Introduction

Preface 

This  Open textbook on “Understanding Gene Regulation and Gene expression” developed by Dr. V. Malathi as part of her OE4BW project in 2023.

This book will be an essential part of courses in Molecular Biology, Genetics , Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology . This project is aimed at creating an open textbook for the global student community. This open text book will discuss the following topics along with external links for further reading.

  • The organization of genes in Prokaryotes and eukaryotes
  • Types of chromosomes
  • The process of gene expression, Transcription and translation in eukaryotes & prokaryotes
  • The stages at which gene expression can be regulated
  • The importance of gene expression and its regulation

These  topics are described using a simple language with suitable illustrations, interactive exercises (created using H5P).

The content  includes reading/watching materials adapted from openly licensed OERs from open repositories like OpenStax, Lumen Learning, Libre Texts , which are  suitably re-used, re-purposed, adapted with proper attribution.

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