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.
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- 0716708825
- 0716708817 (pbk.)
- 9780716708827
- Scientific American.
- 571.6
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General Lending | Carlow Campus Library General Lending | 571.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 8156 |
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.
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