Aglow in the Dark: The Revolutionary Science of Biofluorescence
Vincent Pieribone, David F. Gruber
ISBN 10: 0674019210 ISBN 13: 9780674019218
Published by Belknap Press, 2006
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In the early 1960s, in a small shack on the Washington coast, a young, self-educated Japanese scientist performed an experiment to determine what made a certain jellyfish glow. The substance he discovered, green fluorescent protein, would revolutionise molecular biology, transforming our study of everything from the AIDS virus to the workings of the brain. "Aglow in the Dark" follows the path that took this glowing compound from its inauspicious arrival on the scientific scene to its present-day eminence as one of the most groundbreaking discoveries of the 20th century.
About the Author: Vincent Pieribone is Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, and Associate Fellow, The John B. Pierce Laboratory, Yale University. David Gruber is a science journalist and biological oceanographer at Rutgers University Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences.
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Title: Aglow in the Dark: The Revolutionary Science...
Publisher: Belknap Press
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good