Gene action : a historical account / / Werner Maas

• Autore: Maas Werner Karl <1921->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Disciplina: 576.5/09
• Soggetto topico: Genetics - History
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2000.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- I: The Classical Period, 1860-1940 -- 1 Overture: The Garden of Mendel -- 2 Building a Scaffold: Genes Within Chromosomes -- II: One Gene-One Enzyme, 1900-1953 -- 3 The Dawn of the One Gene-One Enzyme Hypothesis During the Classical Period -- 4 The Neurospora Era -- 5 Escherichia coli Enters the Field -- 6 Biochemical Genetics in Escherichia coli -- 7 The Chemical Nature of Genes -- III: How Genes Determine Protein Structure, 1953-1965 -- 8 Building a Theoretical Framework for Gene Action -- 9 Biochemical Identification of Adaptors -- 10 The Elusive Messenger -- 11 Deciphering the Code -- IV: Regulation or Gene Action -- 12 Feedback Control of Biosynthetic Pathways -- 13 Adaptive Enzymes -- 14 The Operon Model -- V: In the Aftermath of the Operon Model, 1965-2000 -- 15 The Floodgates Open -- Appendix: Further Readings and Comments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book focuses on the developments that occurred between 1940 and 1965 in understanding the biochemical nature and action of genes.
• Titolo autorizzato: Gene action
• ISBN: 0-19-770680-0; 1-280-83501-X; 9786610835010; 0-19-974893-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910973022303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.