Biological Regulation and Development. Vol. 2. Molecular Organization and Cell Function

Goldberger, Robert F.

ISBN 10: 0306404869 / ISBN 13: 9780306404863

Published by Plenum Press, New York and London, 1980

About this Item

Hardcover. Belonged to microbiologist Daniel Nathans and is signed by him. Very good+ black paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Light bumping to spine ends. Interior is clean and bright with illustrations and diagrams throughout. In black dust jacket with white title to spine panel. Minor edgewear to dust jacket includes minor creasing and chipping. Index, 620 pages. Medical. MED/9192.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Biological Regulation and Development. Vol. 2. Molecular Organization and Cell Function
• Publisher: Plenum Press, New York and London
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306404869
• ISBN 13: 9780306404863
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good + in Very Good DJ
• Dust Jacket Condition: dj
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medicine/Health

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Synopsis

The motivation for us to conceive this work on regulation was mainly our belief that it would be fun, and at the same time productive, to approach the subject in a way that differs from that of other treatises. We thought it might be interesting and instructive-for both author and reader-to examine a particular area of investigation in a framework of many different problems. Cutting across the traditional boundaries that have separated the sub­ jects in past volumes on regulation is not an easy thing to do-not because it is difficult to think of what interesting topics should replace the old ones, but because it is difficult to find authors who are willing to write about areas outside those pursued in their own laborato­ ries. Anyone who takes on the task of reviewing a broad area of interest must weave together its various parts by picking up the threads from many different laboratories, and attempt to produce a fabric with a meaningful design. Finding persons who are likely to succeed in such tasks was the most difficult part of our job. In the first volume of this treatise, most of the chapters dealt with the mechanisms of regulation of gene expression in microorganisms. This second volume involves a somewhat broader area, spanning the prokaryotic-eukaryotic border.