More Landmarks in Biochemistry

by L.A. Stocken, M.G. Ord

Overview

This fourth volume in the series on biochemistry looks at foundations in modern biochemistry. Topics covered include: the genetic solution; the genetic basis of development; DNA repair; evolution in an RNA world; nitrogen fixation; solute channels; viruses; biochemistry in retrospect and propspect.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762303519
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	08/02/1998
Series:	Foundations of Modern Biochemistry , #4
Pages:	303
Product dimensions:	0.81(w) x 6.14(h) x 9.21(d)

Table of Contents

Contents. List of Contributors. Acknowledgements. Antibody Specificity and Diversity Part II: The Genes (L.A. Steiner). From Transplant to Transcript (C. Tickle). The Discovery of Repair in DNA (B. Cox). Evolution in an RNA World (P. Schuster). Biological Nitrogen Fixation (P.S. Nutman). Plant Hormones: A History of Discovery and Scientific Fashion (D.J. Osborne). Pumps, Channels, and Carriers: From "Active Patches" to Membrane Transport Proteins (R. Boyd). Biochemistry Then and Now (M.G. Ord and L.A. Stocken). Subject Index.