Screen LibraryLandmark experiments in molecular biology /
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Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | London, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxiii, 546 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780128020746 (paperback) : 0128020741 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | QH506 |
| CLC: | Q7 |
| Call Number: | Q7/F947 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Prehistory of molecular biology : 1848-1944 -- Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty identified DNA as the genetic material -- Hershey and Chase clinched the role of DNA as the genetic material -- Discovery of the structure of DNA -- Meselson and Stahl proved that DNA is replicated in a semiconservative fashion -- Defining the genetic code -- The adaptor hypothesis and the discovery of transfer RNA -- The discovery and rediscovery of prokaryotic messenger RNA -- The deciphering of the genetic code -- The surprising discovery of split genes and of RNA splicing -- Postscript : on the pla |