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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert A Weinberg |
| ISBN: | 0465072763 9780465072767 |
| OCLC Number: | 42726809 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | v, 170 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Enemy within : genes, cells, and the nature of cancer -- Clues to cancer's origins : how the outside world affects the insides of our cells -- Elusive quarry : hunting the proto-oncogene -- Fatal flaws : finding oncogenes in human tumors -- Book of many chapters : multistep tumor development -- Fueling the fire : carcinogens that aren't mutagens -- Brake linings : the discovery of tumor suppressor genes -- Guts : a case study in cancer development -- Defenders of the text : DNA repair and its breakdown -- Guide proteins of the cell : the machinery that controls growth -- Breakdown of order : subverting normal growth control -- Immortality : avoidance of almost certain death -- Assisted suicide : apoptosis and the death program -- Clock without hands : the cell cycle clock apparatus -- Many obstacles in the road : the evolution of a tumor -- End to the scourge : using the knowledge of cancer's causes to develop new cures. |
| Series Title: | Science masters series. |
| Other Titles: | 1 renegade cell |
| Responsibility: | Robert A. Weinberg. |
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