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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778353103321

Autore

Brady Catherine <1955->

Titolo

Elizabeth Blackburn and the story of telomeres : deciphering the ends of DNA / / Catherine Brady

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2007

ISBN

0-262-26196-0

1-282-09924-8

9786612099243

0-262-26911-2

1-4356-1113-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (405 p.)

Disciplina

572.092

B

Soggetti

Biochemists - United States

Telomere - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A certain sense of self -- Shedding encumbrances -- One of Gall's gals -- Revelations -- Opportunism -- Gold rush -- Entering the fray -- An interlocking system -- Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? -- Members of a guild -- Citizen scientist -- Political fallout -- "You have to think it's fun" -- Notes -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

The story of molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn and her groundbreaking research on telomeres and what it reveals about the resourceful optimism that characterizes the best scientific thinking.