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Chargement... Nature's Robots: A History of Proteins (Oxford Paperbacks) (édition 2004)par Charles Tanford, Jacqueline Reynolds
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Proteins are amazingly versatile molecules. They make the chemical reactions happen that form the basis for life, they transmit signals in the body, they identify and kill foreign invaders, they form the engines that make us move, and they record visual images. All of this is now common knowledge, but it was not so a hundred years ago. Nature's Robots is an authoritative history of protein science, from the origins of protein research in the nineteenth century, when the chemical constitution of 'protein' was first studied and heatedly debated and when there was as yet no glimmer of the functio Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Even so, I was not disappointed.
This is a very good history, everything that Fathoming the Ocean is not. It explains why people were interested in certain things, how everything fits together, and it never gets lost in minute pointless detail. ( )