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We can sleep later : Alfred D. Hershey and the origins of molecular biology / edited by Franklin W. Stahl.
LIBRA QH506 W425 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Molecular biology.
- Hershey, A. D. (Alfred Day), 1908-.
- Hershey, A. D.
- Molecular biologists--Biography.
- Molecular biologists.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Festschriften.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 359 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cold Spring Harbor, NY : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- An absorbing portrait of the pioneering molecular biologist best known for demonstrating that DNA is the genetic component of phages, through essays and reminiscences from twenty-three distinguished scientists whose work and careers were influenced by the man and his science.
- Contents:
- Hershey / Franklin W. Stahl 3
- Mendelism at the Molecular Level / Franklin W. Stahl 13
- In Memoriam: Alfred D. Hershey (1908-1997) / Waclaw Szybalski 19
- Bacteriophage [lambda] as a Model "System" / Robert A. Weisberg 23
- My "Special Memories" of Al Hershey / James D. Ebert 29
- Growing Up into Our Long Genes / Rollin D. Hotchkiss 33
- Closing the Circle: A.D. Hershey and Lambda I / William F. Dove 45
- The Size of the Units of Heredity / John Cairns 49
- The T2 Phage Chromosome / Jun-ichi Tomizawa 59
- Incomplete Genomes in Small T4 Particles / Gisela Mosig 65
- The Peculiarities of Lambda DNA / Ann Skalka 73
- Reminiscences / Allan M. Campbell, Alan Garen, Mark Ptashne, Gunther S. Stent, Neville Symonds, Elliott Volkin, Seymour Benzer, Ira Herskowitz, Helios Murialdo, Bruce Wallace, Norton Zinder 81
- Bacteriophage T2: Parasite or Organelle? / A.D. Hershey 111
- Idiosyncrasies of DNA Structure / A.D. Hershey 119
- Genes and Hereditary Characteristics / A.D. Hershey 127
- Independent Functions of Viral Protein and Nucleic Acid in Growth of Bacteriophage / A.D. Hershey, Martha Chase 137
- Introductions to the Annual Reports from the Director of the Department of Genetics, 1962-1968 / A.D. Hershey 155
- Annual Research Reports from the Director of the Department of Genetics, 1950-1971 / A.D. Hershey 171
- In His Own Words 345
- Words / A.D. Hershey 347
- Funeral Sentences / A.D. Hershey 349.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0879695676
- OCLC:
- 43185885
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