Selected topics in the history of biochemistry - personal recollections VII
tarafından
Semenza, G., 1928-
Başlık
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Selected topics in the history of biochemistry - personal recollections VII
Yazar
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Semenza, G., 1928-
ISBN
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9780444509246
9781281005922
9786611005924
Yayın Bilgileri
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Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, 2003.
Fiziksel Tanımlama
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1 online resource (xix, 658 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Seri
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Comprehensive biochemistry. Section VII: History of biochemistry ; v. 42
Comprehensive biochemistry. Section VII: History of biochemistry ; v. 42.
İçerik
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Front Cover; Comprehensive Biochemistry; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Preface to Volume 42; Contributors to this Volume; Chapter 1. Fifty Years in the World of Proteins; Origins; Cohn and Edsall; My First Project in Protein Science; The Invention of Polymer Science?; Macromolecules:Theoretical Research with J.G. Kirkwood; Antibodies; Genetic Basis forAntibody Diversity; Subunits and Allosterism; Micelles and Membranes; Membrane Proteins; Philip Handler and the Einstein Statue; Eastman Professor at Oxford; Popular Writing: Travel Books; Historical Perspective; References
Chapter 2. Proteins, Life and EvolutionAbstract; Introduction; CV of the Guide Through the Text; Early Days, Scientific Fathers; Cambridge, the Mecca at the Start; Development of Protein Sequence Analysis; SeparationTechniques and Continued Progress; Amino Acid Analysis, Complementary Approaches, and Further Development; Correlationwith 3-D Structures; Developments in Molecular Genetics; Molecular Evolution: Development from Early "Diagonals," over the Atlas Issues, to Bioinformatics; Mass Spectrometry; Present Situation, Including Comments on Karolinska, Nobel, and Funding
Chapter 5. RNA Enzymology and BeyondGrowing Up; Weizmann Institute of Science; St. Louis: Polynucleotide Phosphorylase; Isolation of High Molecular Weight Ribosomal RNA; The Single-Stranded Nature of rRNA; Early Studies on the Secondary Structure of RNA; tRNA Regulation; PNPase Research Applications; Differentiation of Artemia salina Cysts; Establishment of the Department of Neurobiology; Microtubule Proteins; Promoting International Links; References; Chapter 6. Some Selected Recollections from a Life with Biochemistry; Introduction; StudentYears at the University of Copenhagen
Experiments with PenicillinPupil of Herman Kalckar and Experiments with Xanthine Oxidase; Excursion to Two European Strongholds in Biochemistry; Ribose 1,5-Diphosphate; National Institutes of Health 1952-1953; Back in Copenhagen; Cancer Research; Experiments with 2' -Deoxyadenosine; Experiments with 3' -Deoxyadenosine; Back to the University of Copenhagen; Experiments with other Congeners of Adenosine; Experiments with DNA Polymerase from E. coli; Ribonucleotides Again; Regulation of Cellular Content of Nucleoside Triphosphates; Conclusion; References
Özet
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This book is the latest volume in a highly successful series within Comprehensive Biochemistry and provides a historical and autobiographical perspective of the development of the field through the contributions of leading individuals who reflect on their careers and their impact on biochemistry. The book is essential reading for everybody, from graduate student to professor, placing in context major advances not only in biochemical terms but in relation to historical and social developments. Readers will be delighted by the lively style and the insight into the lives and careers of leading scientists of their time.
Konu Başlığı
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Biochemistry -- History.
Biochemistry -- Biography.
Biochemistry. (DNLM)D001671
Biochemistry -- history -- Personal Narratives.
Biochemistry. (OCoLC)fst00831961
Biochemie.
Eiwitten.
Enzymologie.
Tür
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Electronic books.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biographies.
Added Author
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Semenza, G., 1928-
Turner, A. J. (Anthony John), 1947-
Elektronik Erişim
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| Yer Numarası | Demirbaş Numarası | Shelf Location | Shelf Location | Holding Information |
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| QD415 .F54 V.42 EB | 1188731-1001 | Elsevier E-Kitap Koleksiyonu | Elsevier E-Kitap Koleksiyonu | |