Full of novel insights informed by years of
research and teaching, R.D. Blake has written a new text that examines the
biophysics and biochemistry of nucleic acids and proteins. This book carves out
the dynamic interface between chemistry and molecular biology, and provides a
detailed picture of nucleic acids and proteins, their structures, biological
properties, and origins and evolution. While pitched at a level that is
accessible to upper-level undergraduate students of biology, the book will
likewise be of keen interest to researchers and graduate students in biology,
chemistry and the physical sciences. A broad range of topics accompanied with
extensive references, footnotes, boxed asides, chapter ending problems, and
detailed illustrations throughout combine to make this an ideal choice for
courses on advanced biochemistry, physical biochemistry, nucleic acids and
proteins, biophysics and biochemistry, molecular evolution, and protein-nucleic
acid interactions.