Aglow in the Dark: The Revolutionary Science of Biofluorescence

by David F. Gruber and Vincent Pieribone

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In the early 1960s, in a small shack on the Washington coast, ayoung, self-educated Japanese scientist performed an experiment todetermine what made a certain jellyfish glow. The substance hediscovered, green fluorescent protein, would revolutionise molecularbiology, transforming our study of everything from the AIDS virus to theworkings of the brain. Aglow in the Dark follows the path that took thisglowing compound from its inauspicious arrival on...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674019210

ISBN13:9780674019218

Release Date:January 2006

Publisher:Belknap Press

Length:263 Pages

Weight:1.26 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 7.4"

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