RNA : life's indispensable molecule /
James Darnell.
- Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c2011.
- xiv, 416 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-398) and index.
The dawn of molecular biology : history of macromolecules before RNA -- RNA connects genes and proteins : ribosomes, tRNA, and messenger RNA -- After mRNA : the genetic code, translation, and the biochemistry of controlled RNA synthesis in bacteria -- Gene expression in mammalian cells : discovery of RNA processing, genes in pieces, and new RNA chemistry -- Controlling mRNA : the cell's most complicated task -- RNA and the beginning of life.