A new insight into sanger's development of sequencing: From proteins to DNA, 1943-1977

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-323

  García Sancho, Miguel ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Genomics; Molecular biology; Proteins; Recombinant DNA; Sanger; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HISTORY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOCHEMISTRY; GENOMICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 77951977194     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-009-9184-1     Document Type: Article

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