RE: Re: status update 28Jan04

I thought that I was the only one on list who read that book. 
Most intersting is that most flowering plants go though the same steps and each species has their own genes to turn on certain processes.

"waltseed" <waltseed@hotmail.com> wrote:

>--- In SpaceAgeRobin@yahoogroups.com, "Neil A Mogensen" <neilm@c...> 
>wrote:
>>> On one occasion I happened to mention to the head of the Dept. 
>that I wanted to see the full sequence from a DNA sequence to a 
>visible characteristic and he said, "You are about five hundred years 
>too soon."  If only he could see what is happening now.
>> 
>
>Neil
>Today I was reading a book, Chemistry and Biochemistry of Plant 
>Pigments.  Part of it is the nearly atom by atom directions for how a 
>plant puts together a molecule of carotene or lycopene.  I say almost 
>because it starts with a simple molecule, which I have never heard 
>of, that that plants seem to hav one hand.  From the context, I am 
>sure that if I were a biochemist, I would know that molecule, and 
>appreciate the fact that they left out the simple stuff.
>The book was updated in 1975, so by that time, some folks knew step 
>by step how at least a few simple genes worked.
>Walter
>
>


-- 
Chuck Chapman, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Zone 4/5


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