Emperor of enzymes : a biography of Arthur Kornberg, biochemist and Nobel laureate /
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World Scientific,
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Publisher Address: | New Jersey : |
Publication Dates: | [2016] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xviii, 319 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9789814699808 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 9814699802 (hardback : alkaline paper) 9789814699815 (paperback : alkaline paper) 9814699810 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
Index Number: | QP606 |
CLC: | K837.126.1 |
Call Number: | K837.126.1/K846F |
Contents: | Growing up in New York City, Medical School and the United States Navy -- Learning from the masters, the NIH and the Ochoa Laboratory -- The Cori Laboratory, and a return to the NIH -- Washington University -- The lure of nucleic acid enzymology -- The discovery of DNA polymerase -- Stanford University Medical School -- The Stanford Department of Biochemistry -- Life in the test tube? -- Like father like sons -- Spores, a brief interlude -- DNA replication, the holy grail -- Polyphosphate -- A life of writing -- In support of basic science -- Commercial ventures and the founding of DNAX -- A life well lived. |