Concept 16 One gene makes one protein.

Links

Neurospora Sporulation Rhythm

Chemistry professor Peter Ruoff studies enzymes and how they work in the biological systems. The site explains the growth cycle of Neurospora and shows a quick time movie of Neurospora growth taken by Dr. Van D. Gooch.

Fungal Genetics Stock Center

Located at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas, the Fungal Genetics Stock Center (FGSC) is the repository of information on fungal strains like Neurospora. Intended for research scientists, the site has a methods section for handling and growing fungi, and fungal strains, and DNA can be ordered from them. The FGSC also puts out a newsletter.

Bibliography

• Beadle, G. W., and Tatum, E., 1941, Genetic Control of Biochemical Reactions in Neurospora, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., U. S. A., 27: 499-506.
• Davidson, J.N., 1965, The Biochemistry of the Nucleic Acids, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.
• Dunn, L.C., 1991, A Short History of Genetics: The Development of Some of the Main Lines of Thought: 1864-1939, Iowa State University Press, Ames.
• Judson, Horace Freeland, 1979, The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology, Simon and Schuster, New York.
• Kay, Lily E., 1993, The Molecular Vision of Life, Oxford University Press, New York.
• Lagerkvist, Ulf, 1998, DNA Pioneers and Their Legacy, Yale University Press, New Haven.
• Lederberg, Joshua, 1979, Edward Lawrie Tatum, Ann. Rev. Genet., 13: 1-5.
• Morange, Michel, 1998, A History of Molecular Biology, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• Nobel Lectures in Molecular Biology 1933-1975, 1977, Elsevier North-Holland, Inc., New York.
• Olby, Robert, 1974, The Path to the Double Helix: The Discovery of DNA, Dover Publications, Inc., New York.
• Portugal, Franklin H., and Cohen, Jack S., 1977, A Century of DNA: A History of the Structure and Function of the Genetic Substance, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U. S. A.
• Rosenfield, Israel, Ziff, Edward, and Van Loon, Borin, 1983, DNA for Beginners, Writers and Readers Publishing, Inc.
• Srb, Adrian M., 1990, G. W. Beadle, Annu. Rev. Genet., 24: 1-4.
• Sturtevant, A. H., 1965, A History of Genetics, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York.
• Taylor, J. Herbert, 1965, Selected Papers on Molecular Genetics, Academic Press, New York.
• Watson, James D., 1987, Molecular Biology of the Gene, The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc., Menlo Park, California.