Preface
Part I: The Classical Period, 1860-1940
Prelude
1. Overture: The Garden of Mendel
2. Building a Scaffold: Genes Within Chromosomes
Part II: One Gene-One Enzyme, 1900-1953
Prelude
3. The Dawn of the One Gene-One Enzyme Hypothesis during th
Classical Period
4. The Neurospora Era
5. E. coli Enters the Field
6. Biochemical Genetics in E. coli
7. The Chemical Nature of Genes
Part III: How Genes Determine Protein Structure
Prelude
8. Building a Theoretical Framework for Gene Action
9. Biochemical Identification of Adaptors
10. The Elusive Messenger
11. Deciphering the Code
Part IV: Regulation of Gene Action
Prelude
12. Feedback Control of Biosynthetic Pathways
13. Adaptive Enzymes
14. The Operon Model
Part V: The Aftermath of the Operon Model
Prelude
15 The Floodgates Open.
AppendixFurther Readings