Papachristodoulou, Despo K.,

Biochemistry and molecular biology / Despo Papachristodoulou, Alison Snape, William H. Elliott, and Daphne C. Elliott. - Sixth edition - xxxi, 607 pages : colours, illustrations ; 28 cm

Previous edition 2014

Includes bibliographical references and index

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 and Nutrition
9:General principles of nutrition
10:Food digestion, absorption and distribution to the tissues
11:The storage fuels: Mechanisms of transport, storage, and mobilization of carbohydrate and fat
12:Principles of energy release from food
13:Glycolysis, the TCA cycle, and the electron transport system
14:Energy release from fat
15:An alternative pathway of glucose oxidation: The pentose phosphate pathway
16:Synthesis of glucose (gluconeogenesis)
17:Synthesis of fat and related compounds
18:Nitrogen metabolism: amino acid metabolism
19:Nitrogen metabolism: nucleotide metabolism
20:Mechanisms of metabolic control and their applications to metabolic integration
21:Raising electrons of water back up the energy scale: photosynthesis Part 4: Information storage and utilization
22:The genome
23:DNA synthesis, repair and recombination
24:Gene transcription
25:Protein synthesis and controlled protein breakdown
26:Control of gene expression
27:Protein sorting and delivery
28:Manipulating DNA and genes Part 5: Cells and tissues
29:Cell signalling
30:The cell cycle, cell division, cell death and cancer Part 6: Protective mechanisms against disease
31:Blood clotting, xenobiotic metabolism, and reactive oxygen species
32:The immune system

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Biochemistry
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Biochemistry
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