| Edition |
Twenty-ninth edition. |
| Description |
xii, 818 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm |
| Note |
"A Lange medical book.." |
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Previous ed.: 2009. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Biochemistry & medicine -- Water & pH -- Amino acids & peptides -- Proteins : determination of primary structure -- Proteins : higher orders of structure -- Proteins : myoglobin & hemoglobin -- Enzymes : mechanism of action -- Enzymes : kinetics -- Enzymes : regulation of activities -- Bioinformatics & computational biology -- Bioenergetics : the role of ATP -- Biologic oxidation -- The respiratory chain & oxidative phosphorylation -- Carbohydrates of physiologic significance -- Lipids of physiologic significance -- Overview of metabolism & the provision of metabolic fuels -- The citric acid cycle : the catabolism of acetyl-CoA -- Glycolysis & the oxidation of pyruvate -- Metabolism of glycogen -- Gluconeogenesis & the control of blood glucose -- The pentose phosphate pathway & other pathways of hexose metabolism -- Oxidation of fatty acids : ketogenesis -- Biosynthesis of fatty acids & eicosanoids -- Metabolism of acylglycerols & sphingolipids -- Lipid transport & storage -- Cholesterol synthesis, transport, & excretion -- Biosynthesis of the nutritionally nonessential amino acids -- Catabolism of proteins & of amino acid nitrogen -- Catabolism of the carbon skeletons of amino acids -- Conversion of amino acids to specialized products -- Porphyrins & bile pigments -- Nucleotides -- Metabolism of purine & pyrimidine nucleotides -- Nucleic acid structure & function -- DNA organization, replication, & repair -- RNA synthesis, processing & modification -- Protein synthesis & the genetic code -- Regulation of gene expression -- Molecular genetics, recombinant DNA, & genomic technology -- Membranes : structure & function -- The diversity of the endocrine system -- Hormone action & signal transduction -- Nutrition, digestion, & absorption -- Micronutrients : vitamins & minerals -- Free radicals and antioxidant nutrients -- Intracellular traffic & sorting of proteins -- Glycoproteins -- The extracellular matrix -- Muscle & the cytoskeleton -- Plasma proteins & immunoglobulins -- Hemostasis & thrombosis -- Red & white blood cells -- Metabolism of xenobiotics -- The biochemistry of aging -- Cancer : an overview -- Clinical biochemistry -- Biochemical case histories. |
| Subject |
Biochemistry.
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Clinical biochemistry.
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Biochemistry.
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Metabolism.
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Molecular Biology.
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| Added Author |
Murray, Robert K. (Robert Kincaid), 1932-
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| Added Title |
Harper's biochemistry |
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Illustrated biochemistry |
| ISBN |
9780071765763 |
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007176576X |
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