1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455140103321

Autore

Piatigorsky Joram

Titolo

Gene sharing and evolution [[electronic resource] ] : the diversity of protein functions / / Joram Piatigorsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-674-04212-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Classificazione

WG 1940

Disciplina

572/.6

Soggetti

Genetic regulation

Proteins - Evolution

Eye - Molecular aspects

Crystalline lens

Electronic books.

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 (p. 241-305) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. What Is "Gene Sharing"? -- 2. Multifunctions and Functional Shifts: Echos from the Past -- 3. The Elusive Concept of a "Gene" -- 4. Eyes and Lenses: Gene Sharing by Crystallins -- 5. The Enigmatic "Corneal Crystallins": Putative Cases of Gene Sharing -- 6. Gene Sharing as a Common Event: Many Multifunctional Proteins -- 7. Gene Sharing during Gene Expression -- 8. Gene Sharing As a Dynamic Evolutionary Process: Antifreeze Proteins and Hemoglobins -- 9. Gene Duplication and the Evolution of New Functions -- 10. Gene Sharing and Systems Biology: Implications and Speculations -- 11. Recapitulations: Ambiguities and Possibilities -- Glossary -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Gene Sharing and Evolution Piatigorsky explores the generality and implications of gene sharing throughout evolution and argues that most if not all proteins perform a variety of functions in the same and in different species, and that this is a fundamental necessity for evolution.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958720103321

Autore

Epstein David F

Titolo

The political theory of the Federalist / / David F. Epstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1986, 1984

ISBN

9786611956783

9781281956781

1281956783

9780226213019

0226213013

Edizione

[Pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 234 pages)

Disciplina

320.1

342.73/029

347.3022

Soggetti

Political science - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published 1984; paperback edition 1986"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ONE. Government by Choice -- Two. The Necessity of Energy -- Three. A Study of Federalist 10 -- Four. Theoretical Uncertainty and Honorable Determination -- Five. Separation of Powers -- Six. Representation -- SEVEN. Good Government -- Conclusion: The Ambitious and the Partisans -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In The Political Theory of  "The Federalist," David F. Epstein offers a guide to the fundamental principles of American government as they were understood by the framers of the Constitution. Epstein here demonstrates the remarkable depth and clarity of The Federalist's argument, reveals its specifically political (not merely economic) view of human nature, and describes how and why the American regime combines liberal and republican values."While it is a model of scholarly care and clarity, this study deserves an audience outside the academy. . . .