Quantum Leaps in Biochemistry

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

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:	9780762300778
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	07/31/1996
Series:	Foundations of Modern Biochemistry , #2
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	0.69(w) x 6.14(h) x 9.21(d)

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.