Biochemistry and molecular biology /
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| Author / Creator: | Elliott, William H. |
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. |
| Description: | xxix, 568 p. : col. ill., plans ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7633936 |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Basic concepts of life
- 1. The basic molecular themes of life
- 2. Cells and viruses
- 3. Energy considerations in biochemistry
- Part 2. Structure and function of proteins and membranes
- 4. The structure of proteins
- 5. Methods in protein investigation
- 6. Enzymes
- 7. The cell membrane and membrane proteins
- 8. Muscle contraction, the cytoskeleton, and molecular motors
- Part 3. Metabolism
- 9. Food digestion, absorption, distribution to the tissues and appetite control
- 10. Mechanisms of transport, storage and mobilisation of dietary components
- 11. Principles of energy release from food
- 12. Glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and the electron transport system
- 13. Energy release from fat
- 14. The synthesis of fat and related compounds
- 15. Synthesis of glucose (gluconeogenesis)
- 16. Strategies for metabolic control and their applications to carbohydrate and fat metabolism
- 17. Why should there be an alternative pathway of glucose oxidation?
- The pentose phosphate pathway
- 18. Raising electrons of water back up the energy scale - photosynthesis
- 19. Amino acid metabolism
- 20. Nucleotide synthesis and metabolism
- Part 4. Information storage and utilisation
- 21. Genome
- 22. DNA synthesis, repair and recombination
- 23. Gene transcription and control
- 24. Protein synthesis and controlled protein breakdown
- 25. The RNA world - RNA microgenes and RNA interference
- 26. Protein sorting and delivery
- 27. Cell signalling
- 28. Manipulating DNA and genes
- Part 5. Molecular biology in health and disease
- 29. Special topics: blood clotting, xenobiotic metabolism, oxygen free radicals
- 30. The immune system
- 31. The cell cycle and its control
- 32. Apoptosis
- 33. Cancer
