Title
Darnell, J. RNA: Life's indispensable molecule
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Description
James E. Darnell. RNA: life's indispensable molecule
In RNA: Life’s Indispensable Molecule, Jim Darnell provides a comprehensive and captivating account of RNA research, illuminated by his own life-long and celebrated engagement in the field. Darnell describes how scientists unraveled fundamental questions about the biochemical and genetic importance of RNA—how mRNAs are generated and used to produce proteins, how noncoding and catalytic RNAs mediate key cellular processes, and how RNA molecules likely initiated life on Earth. With a scope extending from the early 20th century to the present day, and with the clarity expected from an accomplished textbook author, he conveys the intellectual context in which these questions first arose and explains how the key experiments were structured and answers obtained. The book is geared towards scientists from the graduate level on up, and will particularly appeal to active investigators in RNA biology, educators of molecular biology and biochemistry, and science historians.
ISBN
9781936113194
Publication Date
2011
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
City
New York
Keywords
RNA, molecular biology
Recommended Citation
The Rockefeller University, "Darnell, J. RNA: Life's indispensable molecule" (2011). RU Authors. 28.
https://digitalcommons.rockefeller.edu/ru-authors/28
Comments
The Rockefeller University Library Level B QU 58.7 D223 2011