Title Operators and promoters : the story of molecular biology and its creators / Harrison Echols ; edited by Carol A. Gross

Published Berkeley ; London : University of California Press, [2001] ©2001

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Description xx, 466 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm regular print Contents Foreword / Arthur Komberg -- 1. Beginnings: Simplicity and Elegance, DNA and Protein -- 2. The Code for Life: DNA to Protein -- 3. Turning Genes On and Off: Genes that Control other Genes -- 4. Replicating the Genome -- 5. Making RNA from DNA -- 6. The RNA World: New Proteins and Revised RNAS -- 7. DNA on its own: Genetic Recombination -- 8. Regulating the Regulators: Developmental and Salvational Decisions -- 9. Making DNA from RNA: The Strange Life of the Retrovirus -- 10. Genetic Engineering: Genes and Proteins on Demand -- Afterword / Tom Cech Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English SUBJECT Molecular biology http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42029299 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Subject Molecular biology -- History. Author Gross, Carol. LC no. 00061523 ISBN 0520213319

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