Landmark Experiments in Molecular Biology

Landmark Experiments in Molecular Biology critically considers breakthrough experiments that have constituted major turning points in the birth and evolution of molecular biology. These experiments laid the foundations to molecular biology by uncovering the major players in the machinery of inheritance and biological information handling such as DNA, RNA, ribosomes, and proteins. Landmark Experiments in Molecular Biology combines an historical survey of the development of ideas, theories, and profiles of leading scientists with detailed scientific and technical analysis.

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Department of Biochemistry, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, POB 9649, Bat Galim, Haifa, 31096, Israel

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Landmark Experiments in Molecular Biology critically considers breakthrough experiments that have constituted major turning points in the birth and evolution of molecular biology. These experiments laid the foundations to molecular biology by uncovering the major players in the machinery of inheritance and biological information handling such as DNA, RNA, ribosomes, and proteins. Landmark Experiments in Molecular Biology combines an historical survey of the development of ideas, theories, and profiles of leading scientists with detailed scientific and technical analysis.

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CHAPTER 1: IntroductionCHAPTER 2: Prehistory of Molecular Biology: 1847-1944CHAPTER 3: Avery Identifies DNA as the Genetic MaterialCHAPTER 4: Hershey and Chase Clinch the Role of DNA as the Genetic MaterialCHAPTER 5: Watson and Crick Solve the Structure of DNACHAPTER 6: Meselson and Stahl Demonstrate that DNA is Replicated SemiconservativelyCHAPTER 7: Defining the Genetic CodeCHAPTER 8: The Adaptor Hypothesis and the Isolation of transfer RNACHAPTER 9: The Discovery and Rediscovery of messenger RNACHAPTER 10: Deciphering the Genetic CodeCHAPTER 11: The Surprising Discovery of Split Genes and RNA SplicingChapter 12: Epilogue, Theory-driven versus experiment-directed discoveries in molecular biology