Aglow in the Dark The Revolutionary Science of Biofluorescence

Vincent Pieribone (author), David Gruber (author)

Hardback (06 Jan 2006)

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Publisher's Synopsis

In the early 1960s, in Washington, a young Japanese scientist performed an experiment to determine what made a certain jellyfish glow. He discovered green fluorescent protein, which would revolutionise molecular biology and this text traces its path to become one of the most ground-breaking discoveries.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780674019218
Publisher:	Belknap
Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Pub date:	06 Jan 2006
DEWEY:	572.4358
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	206
Weight:	566g
Height:	176mm
Width:	174mm
Spine width:	23mm