The chemical basis of life : an introduction to molecular and cell biology; readings from Scientific American. /
Hanawalt, Philip C., 1931-
The chemical basis of life : an introduction to molecular and cell biology; readings from Scientific American. / With introductions by Philip C. Hanawalt and Robert H. Haynes. - San Francisco : W.H. Freeman, [1973] - viii, 405 p. illus. 30 cm. - Readings from Scientific American. .
Includes bibliographies.
Introduction -- Origin of life -- How light interacts with living matter -- Mechanism of photosynthesis -- Membrane of the mitochrondrion. Proteins -- Collagen -- Insulin molecule -- Structure and history of an ancient protein -- Structure and function of antibodies -- Hemoglobin molecule -- Three-dimensional structure of an enzyme molecule -- Discovery of DNA -- Synthesis of DNA -- Bacterial chromosome -- Fine structure of the gene -- Nucleotide sequence of a nucleic acid -- Genetic code -- Genetic code III. Ribosomes -- Multiplication of bacterial viruses -- Structure of viruses -- Building a bacterial virus -- Receptor site for a bacterial virus -- Bacterial cell wall -- Structure of cell membranes. Visualization of genes in action -- Gene structure and protein structure -- How proteins start -- Control of biochemical reactions -- Genetic repressors -- Cyclic AMP -- Recognition of DNA in bacteria -- Repair of DNA -- Cellular factors in genetic transformation -- Repeated segments of DNA -- RNA-directed DNA synthesis -- Cellular communication -- Prematurity and uniqueness in scientific discovery.
0716708825 0716708817 (pbk.) 9780716708827
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Molecular biology.
Cytology.
Biochemistry--Collected works
Molecular biology--Collected works
571.6
The chemical basis of life : an introduction to molecular and cell biology; readings from Scientific American. / With introductions by Philip C. Hanawalt and Robert H. Haynes. - San Francisco : W.H. Freeman, [1973] - viii, 405 p. illus. 30 cm. - Readings from Scientific American. .
Includes bibliographies.
Introduction -- Origin of life -- How light interacts with living matter -- Mechanism of photosynthesis -- Membrane of the mitochrondrion. Proteins -- Collagen -- Insulin molecule -- Structure and history of an ancient protein -- Structure and function of antibodies -- Hemoglobin molecule -- Three-dimensional structure of an enzyme molecule -- Discovery of DNA -- Synthesis of DNA -- Bacterial chromosome -- Fine structure of the gene -- Nucleotide sequence of a nucleic acid -- Genetic code -- Genetic code III. Ribosomes -- Multiplication of bacterial viruses -- Structure of viruses -- Building a bacterial virus -- Receptor site for a bacterial virus -- Bacterial cell wall -- Structure of cell membranes. Visualization of genes in action -- Gene structure and protein structure -- How proteins start -- Control of biochemical reactions -- Genetic repressors -- Cyclic AMP -- Recognition of DNA in bacteria -- Repair of DNA -- Cellular factors in genetic transformation -- Repeated segments of DNA -- RNA-directed DNA synthesis -- Cellular communication -- Prematurity and uniqueness in scientific discovery.
0716708825 0716708817 (pbk.) 9780716708827
73008899
Molecular biology.
Cytology.
Biochemistry--Collected works
Molecular biology--Collected works
571.6