Strategies in the interfield discovery of the mechanism of protein synthesis

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-28

  Darden, Lindley ^a   Craver, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Discovery; Interfield relations; Mechanism; Molecular biology; Protein synthesis; Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036126016     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8486(01)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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