Biochemistry /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Australia :
Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning,
[2013]
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| Edition: | 5th ed., International ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Molecular components of cells
- Facts of life: chemistry is the logic of biological phenomena
- Water: the medium of life
- Thermodynamics of biological systems
- Amino acids and the peptide bond
- Proteins: their primary structure and biological functions
- Proteins: secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structure
- Carbohydrates and the glycoconjugates of cell surfaces
- Lipids
- Membranes and membrane transport
- Nucleotides and nucleic acids
- Structure of nucleic acids
- Recombinant DNA: cloning and creation of chimeric genes
- Protein dynamics
- Enzymes: kinetics and specificity
- Mechanisms of enzyme action
- Enzyme regulation
- Molecular motors
- Metabolism and its regulation
- Metabolism: an overview
- Glycolysis
- The tricarboxylic acid cycle
- Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation
- Photosynthesis
- Gluconeogenesis, glycogen metabolism, and the pentose phosphate pathway
- Fatty acid catabolism
- Lipid biosynthesis
- Nitrogen acquisition and amino acid metabolism
- Synthesis and degradation of nucleotides
- Metabolic integration and organ specialization
- Information transfer
- DNA metabolism: replication, recombination, and repair
- Transcription and the regulation of gene expression
- Protein synthesis
- Completing the protein life cycle: folding, processing, and degradation
- Reception and transmission of extracellular information.