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p53 : the gene that cracked the cancer code / Sue Armstrong.
Van Pelt Library RC268.44.P16 A76 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Armstrong, Sue (Writer on science), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- p53 antioncogene.
- p53 protein.
- Physical Description:
- 287 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2014.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Flesh of our Own Flesh 17
- Chapter 2 The Enemy Within 27
- Chapter 3 Discovery 39
- Chapter 4 Unseeable Biology 53
- Chapter 5 Cloning the Gene 59
- Chapter 6 A Case of Mistaken Identity 67
- Chapter 7 A New Angle on Cancer 75
- Chapter 8 p53 Reveals its True Colours 89
- Chapter 9 Master Switch 101
- Chapter 10 'Guardian of the Genome' 109
- Chapter 11 Of Autumn Leaves and Cell Death 123
- Chapter 12 Of Mice and Men 133
- Chapter 13 The Guardian's Gatekeeper 151
- Chapter 14 The Smoking Gun 157
- Chapter 15 Following the Fingerprints 171
- Chapter 16 Cancer in the Family 183
- Chapter 17 The Tropeiro Connection? 197
- Chapter 18 Jekyll and Hyde 213
- Chapter 19 Cancer and Ageing: A Balancing Act? 229
- Chapter 20 The Treatment Revolution 239.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1472910516
- 9781472913203
- 1472913205
- OCLC:
- 890394230
- Publisher Number:
- 99960898569
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