The evolution of molecular biology. Biology's various affairs with holism and reductionism, and their contribution to understanding life at the molecular level

EMBO Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 546-549

  Kellenberger, Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN;

FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROBABILITY;

EID: 4344622570     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400180     Document Type: Review

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