Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome

Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome

Venki Ramakrishnan
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Author:  Venki Ramakrishnan
Condition:  New
Format:  Paperback
Pages:  288
Publisher:  Oneworld Publications
Year:  2019
ISBN:  9781786076717

From Nobel Prize winner Venki Ramakrishnan

'Beyond superb' Bill Bryson

'A wonderful book' Ian McEwan

Everyone knows about DNA, the essence of our being, the molecule where our genes reside. But DNA by itself is useless without a machine to decode the genetic information it contains. The ribosome is that machine. Venki Ramakrishnan tells the story of the race to uncover its enormously complex structure, a fundamental breakthrough that resolves an ancient mystery of life itself.

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