Harper's illustrated biochemistry
With a combination of case studies, discussions of biochemical diseases, updated clinical information, and frequent revision, this is an indispensable book for students of biochemistry.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
McGraw-Hill Medical
2009
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| Edition: | 28th ed. |
| Series: | "A Lange medical book"
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Table of 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 metabolisms & 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
- Conversation 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
- Biochemical case histories