The Triplet Genetic Code: Key to Living Organisms

by Trainor, Lynn E. H.

• ISBN13: 9789810244682
• ISBN10: 9810244681
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC

Summary

Discusses concisely the genetic code--what it is and how it provides the key to molecular biology. For professionals and students in fields related to biology, as well as general readers. Softcover. Hardcover also available.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface	xi
Acknowledgements	xiii
Copyright Permission for Figures	xiv
Introduction	1	(6)
What is Life?	7	(4)
The Nucleic Acids, DNA and RNA	11	(14)
Proteins -- The Molecules of Life	25	(6)
Pinning Down The Code	31	(8)
Description of the Genetic Triplet Code	39	(6)
Origin and Development of the Genetic Code	45	(6)
A Physical Approach to Genetic Origins	51	(20)
Codon Bias in Viral Genes -- A Thermodynamic Theory	52	(4)
Cluster Analysis in Condon Space	56	(6)
The Tetrahedral Representation of Condon Space	62	(9)
Reductionism Versus Holism	71	(6)
Cultural and Material Impacts of Molecular Biology	77	(10)
Glossary	87	(14)
Appendix A. Peptide Bonds and Protein Structure	101	(4)
Appendix B. Procedure for Introducing a Metric Free Distribution of Points in Condon Space	105	(2)
Appendix C. Fun with Tetrahedra	107	(2)
Appendix D. Genetic Engineering	109	(4)
References	113	(6)
Index	119