Ten programmes on the new understanding molecular biology gives into the nature of life.

Life's second secret is control. How can the control of the thousands of chemical reactions that all occur simultaneously and in harmony inside a single microscopic cell be explained? The answer is that the cell contains special molecules, the allosteric molecules, each one purpose-built for a particular control job. The programme shows how they work and how they came into being.
Presented by Professor Jacques Monod, Institut Pasteur, Paris; Professor Asher Korner, University of Sussex.

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