The microbial models of molecular biology : from genes to genomes / Rowland H. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Rowland H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Molecular biology--History.

Molecular biology.

Molecular genetics--History.

Molecular genetics.

Microbial genomes--History.

Microbial genomes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explains the role of simple biological model systems in the growth of molecular biology. Essentially the whole history of molecular biology is presented here, tracing the work in bacteriophages in E. coli, the role of other prokaryotic systems, and also the protozoan and algal models - Paramecium and Chlamydomonas, primarily - and the move into eukaryotes with the fungal systems - Neurospora, Aspergillus and yeast. Each model was selected for its appropriateness for asking a given class of questions, and each spawned its own community of investigators. Some individuals made the trans

Contents:

Model systems, model organisms

Morgan's progeny

Neurospora

Aspergillus

Yeast

Leaving the fungi

Escherichia coli

The T bacteriophages

Temperate phages and transduction

DNA

Prokaryotes take center stage

Prokaryotes : later contributions

Cytoplasmic inheritance : the ciliates

Organelle genetics : yeast and chlamydomonas

Yeast becomes a supermodel

The filamentous fungi : eclipse and renewal

The role of biochemistry

Genomics

The age of model organisms.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-028855-8

0-19-534831-1

1-280-50217-7

9786610502172

1-60256-967-3

OCLC:

57137213