Author: Tanford, Charles & Reynolds, Jacqueline
Title: Nature's Robots: A History of Proteins
Description: Oxford / New York, Oxford University Press, (2001). orig.boards. 24x15cm, viii,304 pp. Textual illustrations.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Chemistry: The Naming; Crystallinity, Haemoglobin; The Peptide Bond; Proteins Are True Macromolecules; Bristling with Changes; Fibrous Proteins; Analytical Imperative; Amino Acid Sequence; Subunits & Domains; Detailed Structure: Early Approaches to Protein Folding; Hydrogen Bonds & the a-Helix; Three-dimensional Structure; Physiological Funciton: An Ancient & Many-sided Science; Are Enzymes Proteins? Antibodies; Colour Vision; Muscle Contraction; Cell Membranes; How Are Proteins Made?; The Link to Genetics; After the Double Helix: The Triplet Code; The New Alchemy.

Keywords: Biochemistry, Protein, Proteins, Biology, Biological, Chemistry, Physiology, ,