The black box of biology : a history of the molecular revolution /

"Over the past forty years a molecular vision has transformed biology. What began as an attempt to understand and explain life by looking at organisms at the microscopic level soon led to the rapid development of pathbreaking new technologies and discoveries that would change our understanding...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morange, Michel (Autor)
Otros Autores: Cobb, Matthew (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2020
Temas:
Molecular biology > History.
Molecular Biology > history
Biologie moléculaire > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Molecular Biology.
Molecular biology
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. The birth of molecular biology: The roots of the new science
  • The one gene-one enzyme hypothesis
  • The chemical nature of the gene
  • The phage group
  • The birth of bacterial genetics
  • The crystallization of the tobacco mosaic virus
  • Enter the physicists
  • The influence of the Rockefeller Foundation
  • Physical techniques in molecular biology
  • The role of physics
  • Part II. The development of molecular biology: The discovery of the double helix
  • Deciphering the genetic code
  • The discovery of messenger RNA
  • The French School
  • Part III. The expansion of molecular biology: Normal science
  • Genetic engineering
  • Split genes and splicing
  • The discovery of oncogenes
  • From DNA polymerase to the amplification of DNA
  • Part IV. Beyond molecular biology?: The molecularization of biology and medicine
  • Protein structure
  • The rise of developmental biology
  • Molecular biology and evolution
  • Gene therapy
  • The central place of RNA
  • Epigenetics
  • Sequencing the human genome
  • Systems biology and synthetic biology
  • Images, representations and metaphors in molecular biology

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