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Author:

Echols, Harrison.

Title:

Operators and promoters : the story of molecular biology and its creators / Harrison Echols ; edited by Carol A. Gross.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

xx, 466 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Molecular biology--History.
Molecular biology--History.
Genetic engineering--History.

Other Authors:

Gross, Carol.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-452) and indexes.

Contents:

Beginnings: simplicity and elegance, DNA and protein -- The code for life: DNA to protein -- Turning genes on and off: genes that control other genes -- Replicating the genome -- Making RNA from DNA -- The RNA world: new proteins and revised RNAs -- DNA on it's own: genetic recombination -- Regulating the regulators: developmental and salvational decisions -- Making DNA from RNA: the strange life of the retrovirus -- Genetic engineering: genes and proteins on demand.

ISBN:

9780520213319 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520213319 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)44712907

LCCN:

00061523

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)