The molecules, organisms, and the order of life

To shed light on these questions, Franklin Harold focuses here on microorganisms--in particular, the supremely well-researched bacterium E. coli--because the cell is the simplest level of organization that manifests all the features of the phenomenon of life. Harold shows that as simple as they appe...

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Autor principal: Harold, Franklin M.
Otros Autores: Franklin M. Harold
Lenguaje:Undetermined
English
Publicado: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2001
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Sumario:To shed light on these questions, Franklin Harold focuses here on microorganisms--in particular, the supremely well-researched bacterium E. coli--because the cell is the simplest level of organization that manifests all the features of the phenomenon of life. Harold shows that as simple as they appear when compared to ourselves, every cell displays a dynamic pattern in space and time, orders of magnitude richer than its elements. It integrates the writhings and couplings of billions of molecules into a coherent whole, draws matter and energy into itself
Descripción Física:xiv, 305 p.
ill.
25 cm
Bibliografía:Included bibliography reference and index
ISBN:0195163389
9780195163384