| Edition |
5th ed. |
| Description |
xxxviii, 1169 pages, 48 pages, 22 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 -- 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. |
| Subject |
Biochemistry -- Textbooks.
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Biochemical Phenomena. (DNLM)D001669
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Biochemistry. (OCoLC)fst00831961
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks. (OCoLC)fst01423863
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| Added Author |
Grisham, Charles M.
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| ISBN |
9781133106296 |
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1133106293 |
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