Gene action : a historical account / Werner Maas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maas, Werner Karl, 1921- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genetics--History.

Genetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book focuses on the developments that occurred between 1940 and 1965 in understanding the biochemical nature and action of genes.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

I: The Classical Period, 1860-1940

1 Overture: The Garden of Mendel

2 Building a Scaffold: Genes Within Chromosomes

II: One Gene-One Enzyme, 1900-1953

3 The Dawn of the One Gene-One Enzyme Hypothesis During the Classical Period

4 The Neurospora Era

5 Escherichia coli Enters the Field

6 Biochemical Genetics in Escherichia coli

7 The Chemical Nature of Genes

III: How Genes Determine Protein Structure, 1953-1965

8 Building a Theoretical Framework for Gene Action

9 Biochemical Identification of Adaptors

10 The Elusive Messenger

11 Deciphering the Code

IV: Regulation or Gene Action

12 Feedback Control of Biosynthetic Pathways

13 Adaptive Enzymes

14 The Operon Model

V: In the Aftermath of the Operon Model, 1965-2000

15 The Floodgates Open

Appendix: Further Readings and Comments

Index

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Y

Z.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770680-0

1-280-83501-X

9786610835010

0-19-974893-4

OCLC:

607555460