A world in one dimension: Linus Pauling, Francis Crick and the central dogma of molecular biology

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 491-512

  Strasser, Bruno J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central dogma; Molecular biology; Protein folding; Protein synthesis; Sequence; Template

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFLICT; HISTORY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 39549085120     PISSN: 03919714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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