50 years of DNA
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50 years of DNA
Palgrave Macmillan : Nature, 2003
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Fifty years of DNA
50 years of D.N.A
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: hbk ISBN 9781403914798
Description
Crick and Watson's discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953 marked one of the great turning points in the history of science. Biology, immunology, medicine and genetics have all been radically transformed in the succeeding half century, and the double helix has become an icon of our times. This exploration of a scientific phenomenon provides a lucid account of the background and context for the discovery, its significance and afterlife, while a series of essays by leading scientists, historians and commentators offer individual perspectives on DNA and its impact on modern science and society.
Table of Contents
- Foreword - Remarks from Phil Campbell - Preface
- J.Clayton & C.Dennis - PART I: HISTORY - On the Shoulders of Giants : The Quest to Solve DNA? - 1953 Revisited - What Happened Next: The Golden Years of Molecular Biology - PART II: THE PRESENT - Where AreThey Now? - Structural Biology: Still Going Strong - Genomes Galore - Window on Evolution 'Artificial Evolution': Maize, Wheat, Rice Domestication - PART III: THE FUTURE - DNA as a Tool in Disease Diagnosis and Therapy - DNA and Culture - The Genie's Out - PART IV: THE DOUBLE HELIX - 50 YEARS - The Eternal Molecule
- C.Dennis &P.Campbell - PART V: FACSIMILE PAPERS FROM NATURE, 25 APRIL 1953 - A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid (Nature 171, 737-738
- 1953)
- J.D.Watson & F.H.C.Crick - Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids (Nature 171, 738-740
- 1953)
- M.H.F.Wilkins, A.R.Stokes & H.R.Wilson - Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate (Nature 171, 740-741
- 1953), R.E.Franklin & R.G.Gosling - HISTORICAL BACKGROUND - Quiet Debut for the Double Helix
- R.Olby - Discovering Genes are Made of DNA
- M.McCarty - DNA and the 'Wronged Heroine'
- B.Maddox - PART VI: DNA IN MEDICINE AND SOCIETY - The Mosaic That is Our Genome
- S.P??bo - Nature, Nurture and Human Disease
- A.Chakravarti & P.Little - The Double Helix in Clinical Practice
- J.I.Bell - The Mona Lisa of Modern Science
- M.Kemp - PART VII: DNA: THE BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE - Portrait of a Molecule
- P.Ball - Ten Years of Tension: Single-Molecule DNA Mechanics
- C.Bustamante, - Z.Bryant & S.B.Smith - DNA in a Material World
- N.C.Seeman - DNA Replication and Recombination
- B.Alberts - DNA Damage and Repair
- E.C.Freidberg - The Double Helix and Immunology
- G.J.V.Nossal - The Digital Code of DNA
- L.Hood & D.Galas - Controlling the Double Helix
- G.Felsenfeld & M.Groudine
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9781403914804
Description
Crick and Watson's discovery of the structure of DNA fifty years ago marked one of the great turning points in the history of science. Biology, immunology, medicine and genetics have all been radically transformed in the succeeding half-century, and the double helix has become an icon of our times. This fascinating exploration of a scientific phenomenon provides a lucid and engaging account of the background and context for the discovery, its significance and afterlife, while a series of essays by leading scientists, historians and commentators offers uniquely individual perspectives on DNA and its impact on modern science and society.
Table of Contents
- Foreword Remarks from Phil Campbell Preface
- J.Clayton & C.Dennis PART I: HISTORY On the Shoulders of Giants : The Quest to Solve DNA? 1953 Revisited What Happened Next: The Golden Years of Molecular Biology PART II: THE PRESENT Where AreThey Now? Structural Biology: Still Going Strong Genomes Galore Window on Evolution 'Artificial Evolution': Maize, Wheat, Rice Domestication PART III: THE FUTURE DNA as a Tool in Disease Diagnosis and Therapy DNA and Culture The Genie's Out PART IV: THE DOUBLE HELIX - 50 YEARS The Eternal Molecule
- C.Dennis &P.Campbell PART V: FACSIMILE PAPERS FROM NATURE , 25 APRIL 1953 A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid ( Nature 171, 737-738
- 1953)
- J.D.Watson & F.H.C.Crick Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids ( Nature 171, 738-740
- 1953)
- M.H.F.Wilkins, A.R.Stokes & H.R.Wilson Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate ( Nature 171, 740-741
- 1953), R.E.Franklin & R.G.Gosling HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Quiet Debut for the Double Helix
- R.Olby Discovering Genes are Made of DNA
- M.McCarty DNA and the 'Wronged Heroine'
- B.Maddox PART VI: DNA IN MEDICINE AND SOCIETY The Mosaic That is Our Genome
- S.Paabo Nature, Nurture and Human Disease
- A.Chakravarti & P.Little The Double Helix in Clinical Practice
- J.I.Bell The Mona Lisa of Modern Science
- M.Kemp PART VII: DNA: THE BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE Portrait of a Molecule
- P.Ball Ten Years of Tension: Single-Molecule DNA Mechanics
- C.Bustamante, Z.Bryant & S.B.Smith DNA in a Material World
- N.C.Seeman DNA Replication and Recombination
- B.Alberts DNA Damage and Repair
- E.C.Freidberg The Double Helix and Immunology
- G.J.V.Nossal The Digital Code of DNA
- L.Hood & D.Galas Controlling the Double Helix
- G.Felsenfeld & M.Groudine
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