Front Cover; QUANTUM LEAPS IN BIOCHEMISTRY; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2. THE CODING PROPERTIES OF DNA AND THE CENTRAL DOGMA; CHAPTER 3. MANIPULATING DNA: FROM CLONING TO KNOCKOUTS; CHAPTER 4. EXTRANUCLEAR DNA; CHAPTER 5. PROTEIN SYNTHESIS AND THE RIBOSOME; CHAPTER 6. STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY: YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW; CHAPTER 7. GLYCOBIOLOGY: A QUANTUM LEAP IN CARBOHYDRATE CHEMISTRY; CHAPTER 8. CELL CYCLES; APPENDIX 1: QUANTUM LEAPS; APPENDIX 2: THE DNA CODE; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX.