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Gene Machine The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Noida, Utter Pradesh HarperCollins 2018Description: xii, 272 pages : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9789353023232
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 574.8734 RAM-G
Summary: Everyone knows the term DNA: it is the essence of our being - it determines who we are and what we pass on to our progeny. Mention the ribosome, on the other hand, and you will usually be met with blank faces, even from scientists. And yet without the ribosome, nothing lives. For if DNA is data then the ribosome is the machine that processes that data. Unlocking the secrets of this gene-reading molecule was once among the most fundamental problems in molecular biology. Gene Machine is the thrilling story of how three scientists including Dr Ramakrishnan succeeded in decoding the ribosome, later winning the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Book Book Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics 574.8734 RAM-G (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available DCB3514
Book Book IUCEIB Library, University of Kerala General Stacks IUCEIB Library, University of Kerala 616.042 RAM.G (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CEB967

Everyone knows the term DNA: it is the essence of our being - it determines who we are and what we pass on to our progeny. Mention the ribosome, on the other hand, and you will usually be met with blank faces, even from scientists. And yet without the ribosome, nothing lives. For if DNA is data then the ribosome is the machine that processes that data. Unlocking the secrets of this gene-reading molecule was once among the most fundamental problems in molecular biology. Gene Machine is the thrilling story of how three scientists including Dr Ramakrishnan succeeded in decoding the ribosome, later winning the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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