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Proteins, enzymes, genes : the interplay of chemistry and biology /

In this book a distinguished scientist-historian offers a critical account of how biochemistry and molecular biology emerged as major scientific disciplines from the interplay of chemical and biological ideas and practice. Joseph S. Fruton traces the historical development of these disciplines from...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fruton, Joseph S. (Joseph Stewart), 1912-2007
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©1999.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. On the History of Scientific Disciplines
  • 2. The Institutional Settings
  • 3. Philosophy, Chemistry, and Biology
  • 4. From Ferments to Enzymes
  • 5. The Nature and Function of Proteins
  • 6. Chemical Energy of Biological Systems
  • 7. Pathways of Biochemical Change
  • 8. The Chemical Basis of Heredity
  • 9. The Whole and Its Parts.