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Elizabeth Blackburn and the story of telomeres : deciphering the ends of DNA / Catherine Brady.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brady, Catherine, 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blackburn, Elizabeth H. (Elizabeth Helen), 1948-.
- Blackburn, Elizabeth H.
- Biochemists--United States--Biography.
- Biochemists.
- Telomere--History.
- Telomere.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (405 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The story of molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn and her groundbreaking research on telomeres and what it reveals about the resourceful optimism that characterizes the best scientific thinking.
- Contents:
- A certain sense of self
- Shedding encumbrances
- One of Gall's gals
- Revelations
- Opportunism
- Gold rush
- Entering the fray
- An interlocking system
- Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?
- Members of a guild
- Citizen scientist
- Political fallout
- "You have to think it's fun"
- Notes
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-26196-0
- 1-282-09924-8
- 9786612099243
- 0-262-26911-2
- 1-4356-1113-6
- OCLC:
- 647678128
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