Quantum Leaps in Biochemistry

by L.A. Stocken (Editor), M.G. Ord (Editor)

Overview

This volume covers such quantum leaps in the field of biochemistry as the coding properties of DNA and the central dogma, manipulating DNA, extranuclear DNA, protein synthesis and the ribosome, and cell cycles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080540061
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	07/31/1996
Series:	Foundations of Modern Biochemistry , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	7 MB

Table of Contents

Contents. List of Contributors. Acknowledgements (M.G. Ord and L.A. Stocken). Introduction. The Coding Properties of DNA and the Central Dogma (M.G. Ord and L.A. Stocken). Manipulating DNA: From Cloning to Knockouts (J.A. Witkowski). Extranuclear DNA (A. Day and J. Poulton). Protein Synthesis and the Ribosome (P. Siekevitz). Structural Biology: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (I.D. Campbell). Glycobiology: A Quantum Leap in Carbohydrate Chemistry (R.A. Dwek). Cell Cycles (J.M. Mitchison). Quantum Leaps. The DNA Code. Author Index. Subject Index.