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Academic & Professional Books  Organismal to Molecular Biology  Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

To Grasp the Essence of Life A History of Molecular Biology

By: Rudolf Hausmann
322 pages
To Grasp the Essence of Life
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  • To Grasp the Essence of Life ISBN: 9781402010927 Hardback Dec 2002 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 1-2 weeks
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The present book, although written mainly for science students and research scientists, is also aimed at those readers who look at science, not for its own sake, but in search of a better understanding of our world in general. What were the fundamental questions asked by the early pioneers of molecular biology? What made them tick for decades, trying to elucidate the basic mechanisms of heredity and life itself? In each chapter, the development of a particular aspect of modern biology is described in a historical and logical context, not missing to take into account human aspects of the protagonists of the story. At the end of each chapter, there are some excursus with additional information, technical and otherwise, which can be read separately. The book is enriched with many illustrations, including facsimile reproductions from the original descriptions of key experiments.

Contents

Preface. 1. Enzymes. 2. Genes. 3. One Gene - One Enzyme. 4. Phages. 5. The Double Helix. 6. Double Helix: the Anticlimax. 7. Avery? Hershey? 8. The Code Craze. 9. Protein Synthesis in Vitro. How Did it all Start? 10. The Code in Vitro. 11. Inside the Institut Pasteur, Part I: Prophage and the Fertility Factor F. 12. Inside the Institut Pasteur, Part II: Interrupted Mating. 13. Inside the Institut Pasteur, Part III: The Fermentation of Lactose. 14. Inside the Institut Pasteur, Part IV: mRNA. 15. The Operon. 16. RNA Polymerase. 17. The Coronation: DNA Replication. 18. That was the Molecular Biology that was. 19. R & M. 20. Molecular Clones. 21. Beyond Coli. 22. Sequences. 23. HUGO & ELSI. 24. Outlook on the Twenty-First Century. Glossary. Literature. Index. Copyright Register. Acknowledgements.

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By: Rudolf Hausmann
322 pages
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