Concise BiochemistryThis work offers succinct, medically-oriented coverage of biochemistry, examining biologically important materials and presenting the properties of nucleic acids as well as nucleic acid metabolism. Each metabolic process is integrated in a review of overall energy metabolism, diabetes and starvation. A solutions manual is available to instructors only. |
Contents
Characteristics of Cells | 3 |
Bioenergetics | 14 |
Concepts of Acid and Base Chemistry | 29 |
Amino Acids and Proteins | 45 |
3 | 50 |
22 | 66 |
Enzymes | 87 |
18 | 119 |
DNA and RNA Information Flow | 305 |
Protein Biosynthesis | 329 |
Regulation of Gene Expression | 349 |
Genetic Control of Synthesis of Immunoglobulins and Hemoglobin | 365 |
Application of Modern Molecular Biology | 377 |
Action of Hormones and Prostaglandins | 391 |
Overview of Metabolism and Oxidative Phosphorylation | 441 |
Digestion and Metabolism of Carbohydrates | 461 |
Vitamins and Minerals | 125 |
Blood Proteins | 153 |
Fibrous Proteins | 197 |
Carbohydrates Lipids and Related Structures | 221 |
37 | 252 |
Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Nucleotide Metabolism | 263 |
38 | 293 |
Lipid Digestion and Metabolism | 497 |
Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism | 535 |
Integration of Metabolism | 581 |
A Common Biochemical Abbreviations | 599 |
Selected Normal Clinical Biochemistry Analytes | 605 |
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