Landmark experiments in molecular biology / Michael Fry.

Author/creator Fry, Michael
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon, UK ; San Diego, CA, USA : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, [2016]
Descriptionxxiii, 546 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBook - Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2016 [EBCBGMB16]
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Portion of title Molecular biology
Contents Introduction -- Prehistory of molecular biology : 1848-1944 -- Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty identified DNA as the genetic material -- Hershey and Chase clinched the role of DNA as the genetic material -- Discovery of the structure of DNA -- Meselson and Stahl proved that DNA is replicated in a semiconservative fashion -- Defining the genetic code -- The adaptor hypothesis and the discovery of transfer RNA -- The discovery and rediscovery of prokaryotic messenger RNA -- The deciphering of the genetic code -- The surprising discovery of split genes and of RNA splicing -- Postscript : on the place of theory and experiment in molecular biology.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2016937809
ISBN9780128020746 (pbk.)
ISBN0128020741 (pbk.)

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