| The Genetic Code Contributor(s): Jones, Phill (Author) |
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ISBN: 1604130849 ISBN-13: 9781604130843 Publisher: Chelsea House Publications OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Biology |
| Dewey: 572.863 |
| LCCN: 2010015734 |
| Series: Science Foundations |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 7" W x 9.3" (0.95 lbs) 127 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For billions of years, cells have used an ingenious system of storing and processing instructions to make proteins, the molecules that carry out vital functions for the cell. Data is warehoused in DNA molecules, copied into RNA molecules, and then read by a cell's protein synthesis apparatus. It is the genetic code that enables this data transfer to exist. The Genetic Code tracks the key experiments and discoveries that set in motion efforts to crack the code and explores the many ways humans have applied knowledge of the genetic code to alter gene activity. From the engineering of genetically modified plants and animals to the revision of genes in human cells, scientists are modifying cellular processes by manipulating the genetic code, the cell's own language. |