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We can sleep later : Alfred D. Hershey and the origins of molecular biology / edited by Franklin W. Stahl.

Van Pelt Library QH506 .W425 2000
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Stahl, Franklin W.
Hershey, A. D. (Alfred Day), 1908-
Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
George R. Fink Memorial Fund.
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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