| View Larger Image | Nucleic Acids: Structures, Properties, and Functions | Hardcoverby Victor A. Bloomfield (Author), Donald M. Crothers (Author), Ignacio Tinoco (Author), John E. Hearst (Author), David E. Wemmer (Author), Peter A. Killman (Author), Douglas H. Turner (Author)
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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | University Science Books | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 672 Pages | | Publication Date: | March 01, 2000 | | Sales Rank: | 684,325th |
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Product Description
Nucleic Acids presents an up-to-date and comprehensive account of the structures and physical chemistry properties of nucleic acids, with special emphasis on biological function. With a targeted audience of 1)molecular biologists, 2)physical biochemists, and 3)physical chemists, the book has been carefully organized to reach three different audiences while requiring only introductory physical chemistry and molecular biology as prerequisites. Nucleic Acids will serve as a textbook in physical biochemistry and biophysical chemistry classes, as well as a supplemental text in courses on nucleic acid biochemistry or molecular biology, and as a personal reference for students and researchers in these fields. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 2 reviews)
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Link to review by Richard Owczarzy, Ph.D. (Coralville, Iowa, USA)  5 Stars
November 29, 2000
Authors are well known researchers in the field of nucleic acid biophysics. For detailed review of the book, look at J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122 (46), 11570 (2000).
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An excellent text  4 Stars
November 28, 2000
This book is a revised edition of the original text by Bloomfield, Crothers, and Tinoco. A previous book written by this team discusses the Physical Chemistry of Nucleic Acids. The team continues in that tradition of good writing here.It seems that the standard text for the study of nucleic acids is that by Saenger. But this text is also strong, to use either side by side with Saenger, or even on its own.Illustrations are clear (although, no really pretty pictures except at the very end), and the writing is quite fluid and intelligible. This book, however, is not a book for beginners (ie. a person who's never read up on nucleic acids before). There tends to be some presupposition in the knowledge and technical jargon such that I think it would better serve as a reference for more advanced students and scientists.The authors are recognized in the scientific world as being experts in their field, so it comes as no surprise that the text is full of good information. Where the book falls short is as follows. The book is not very even in terms of the topics it covers. Another downside is that the book fails to discuss many of the newer experimental methods and discoveries, and in that sense is more out of date than you would like. A good way to compensate for the two aforementioned problems is to supplement your reading with a text like Saenger, and to keep up to date with the current journal literature (if you're interested in methods, the first place to look is a place like Meth. Enzym.; if you're interested in reviews and other articles, turn to journals like Cell, Nature, Science, PNAS, and Biochemistry. If you're into more specialized stuff, consider these journals: 1)Nucleic Acids Research, and 2)RNA ).Good luck.
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