Title: Proteins, enzymes, genes
First published: 1999
Description: In this book a distinguished scientist-historian offers a critical account of how biochemistry and molecular biology emerged as major scientific disciplines from the interplay of chemical and biological ideas and practice. Joseph S. Fruton traces the historical development of these disciplines from antiquity to the present time, examines their institutional settings, and discusses their impact on medical, pharmaceutical, and agricultural practice.
Subjects: History, Research, Enzymes, Molecular biology, Biochemistry, Genes, Proteins, Chemistry, Biology, SCIENCE, Life Sciences, Biochemie, Moleculaire biologie, Genetics, Enzymes and Coenzymes, Genome Components, Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins, Biological Science Disciplines, Natural Science Disciplines, Chemicals and Drugs, Genome, Disciplines and Occupations, Genetic Structures, Genetic Phenomena, Phenomena and Processes, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Health & Biological Sciences, Animal Biochemistry
LC classification: QP511 .F783 1999