1. Watson, James D. and Francis H. Crick. “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxynucleic Acids.” Nature 171 (1953): 737-738
-A short succinct paper by Watson and Crick that give their proposal for the structure of DNA.
2. Watson, James D., The Double Helix. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1968., 1-232 pp
-Great photographs and an excellent source of information on the race to discover the double helix. But remember, it is written by Watson so it is pretty subjective.
3. Micklos, David A., and Greg H. Freyer. DNA Science: A First Course in Recombinant DNA Technology. Cold Spring Harbor, New York: Cold Spring Harbor Lab Press, 1990., 1-477 pp
-A lot of detail, yet also a lot of great diagrams and illustrations of recombinant DNA technology. Would be a great reference if resources were available for cloning projects.
4. Watson, James D., et. al. Molecular Biology of the Gene (4th edition). Menlow Park CA: The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, 1987., 1-1163 pp + index
-Excellent diagrams of DNA models. It also contains a lot of details about genetics and replication, topics that could follow this unit.
5. Alberts, Bruce, et. al. Molecular Biology of the Cell (3rd edition). New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 1994., 1-1294 pp + glossary + index
-A nice place to review structures of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. When describing protein synthesis, one talks of different organelles within the cells. This book contains some fabulous electron micrographs and diagrams/drawings of these structures.
