One renegade cell : how cancer begins / Robert A. Weinberg.

Author/creator Weinberg, Robert A., 1942-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Basic Books, ©1998.
Descriptionv, 170 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesScience masters
Science masters series. ^A353276
Contents ch. 1. Enemy within: genes, cells, and the nature of cancer -- ch. 2. Clues to cancer's origins: how the outside world affects the insides of our cells -- ch. 3. Elusive quarry: hunting the proto-oncogene -- ch. 4. Fatal flaws: finding oncogenes in human tumors -- ch. 5. Book of many chapters: multistep tumor development -- ch. 6. Fueling the fire: carcinogens that aren't mutagens -- ch. 7. Brake linings: the discovery of tumor suppressor genes -- ch. 8. Guts: a case study in cancer development -- ch. 9. Defenders of the text: DNA repair and its breakdown -- ch. 10. Guide proteins of the cell: the machinery that controls growth -- ch. 11. Breakdown of order: subverting normal growth control -- ch. 12. Immortality: avoidance of almost certain death -- ch. 13. Assisted suicide: apoptosis and the death program -- ch. 14. Clock without hands: the cell cycle clock apparatus -- ch. 15. Many obstacles in the road: the evolution of a tumor -- ch. 16. End to the scourge: using the knowledge of cancer's causes to develop new cures.
Local noteLittle-319684--305131029413W
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 98041277
ISBN0465072755 (hc.)

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Joyner General Stacks RC268.48 .W45 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold