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  • 1st Edition, Volume 4 - August 2, 1998
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: L.A. Stocken, M.G. Ord
  • Language: English

This fourth volume in the series on biochemistry looks at foundations in modern biochemistry. Topics covered include: the genetic solution; the genetic basis of development; DNA re… Read more

Description

This fourth volume in the series on biochemistry looks at foundations in modern biochemistry. Topics covered include: the genetic solution; the genetic basis of development; DNA repair; evolution in an RNA world; nitrogen fixation; solute channels; viruses; biochemistry in retrospect and propspect.

Table of contents

Contents. List of Contributors. Acknowledgements. Antibody Specificity and Diversity Part II: The Genes (L.A. Steiner). From Transplant to Transcript (C. Tickle). The Discovery of Repair in DNA (B. Cox). Evolution in an RNA World (P. Schuster). Biological Nitrogen Fixation (P.S. Nutman). Plant Hormones: A History of Discovery and Scientific Fashion (D.J. Osborne). Pumps, Channels, and Carriers: From "Active Patches" to Membrane Transport Proteins (R. Boyd). Biochemistry Then and Now (M.G. Ord and L.A. Stocken). Subject Index.

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 4
  • Published: August 2, 1998
  • Language: English

About the editors

LS

L.A. Stocken

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, England

MO

M.G. Ord

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, England

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