Protein engineering: In breadth but not in depth. Advances in Gene Technology: Protein Engineering and Production. Proceedings of the Miami Bio/Technology Winter Symposium, February 8–12 (1988). Editors: K. Brew, F. Ahmad, H. Bialy, S. Black, R. Fenna, D. Puett, W. Scott, J. Van Brunt, R. Voellmy, W. Whelan & J. Woessner (1988). IRL Press, Oxford, Washington DC. Pp. 239, £26
✍ Scribed by Udo Eilert
- Book ID
- 101709744
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 220 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0265-9247
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✦ Synopsis
chapter, "Heteromorphisms and heterochromatin" very specialized: this is an interesting subject, but Verma restricts his attention to human chromosomes and ignores the distinguished contributions the study of heteromorphisms have made to cytology. This is a pity, given the stated purpose of this volume.
Overall I found this to be a profoundly unsatisfactory book. Good in parts and awful in others. One final comment. It is a matter of profound distress that a publishing house once renowned for its standards produces a book so shockingly proof read as this. I gave up listing typographical errors after page 76 -does Cambridge University Press no longer have any pride in its books? One error did, I must admit, give me pleasure. That is the idea of an "acute inversion" (Table 1.18). It should be pointed out for the non-drosophilist that what John wrote, I am sure, was "scute inversion", not the same thing at all.