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Gene action : a historical account /
As a college student, Werner Maas took a course in genetics in 1941 and wondered why so little was said about the biochemical action of genes in controlling the specific function of an organism. Just at that time, biochemists and geneticists began to investigate jointly the basis of gene action, esp...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2001.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Contents
- I: The Classical Period, 1860�1940
- 1 Overture: The Garden of Mendel
- 2 Building a Scaffold: Genes Within Chromosomes
- II: One Gene�One Enzyme, 1900�1953
- 3 The Dawn of the One Gene�One Enzyme Hypothesis During the Classical Period
- 4 The Neurospora Era
- 5 Escherichia coli Enters the Field
- 6 Biochemical Genetics in Escherichia coli
- 7 The Chemical Nature of Genes
- III: How Genes Determine Protein Structure, 1953�1965
- 8 Building a Theoretical Framework for Gene Action
- 9 Biochemical Identification of Adaptors
- 10 The Elusive Messenger11 Deciphering the Code
- IV: Regulation or Gene Action
- 12 Feedback Control of Biosynthetic Pathways
- 13 Adaptive Enzymes
- 14 The Operon Model
- V: In the Aftermath of the Operon Model, 1965�2000
- 15 The Floodgates Open
- Appendix: Further Readings and Comments
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
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- W
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