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Biochemistry / Christopher K. Mathews, K. E. van Holde.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Menlo Park, Calif. : Benjamin/Cummings Pub. Co., Inc., c1996.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xxvii, 1159 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780805339314
  • 0805339310
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 574.192 20 MAT
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Contents;

Part I: The realm of biochemistry
The scope of biochemistry
The matters of life: Weak interactions in an aqueous environment
The energetics of life

Part II: Molecular architecture of living matter
Nucleic acids
Introduction to proteins: The primary level of proteins
The three-dimensional structure of proteins
Protein functions and evolution
Carbohydrates
Lipids, membranes and cellular transport

Part III: Dynamics of life: Catalysis and control of biochemical reactions
Enzymes: Biological catalysts
The regulation of enzyme activity
Introduction to metabolism

Part IV: Dynamics of life: Energy, biosynthesis, and utilization of precursors
Carbohydrate metabolism I: Anaerobic processes in generating metabolic energy
Oxidative processes: Citric acid cycle and pentose phosphate pathway
Biological oxidation, electron transport, and oxidative phosphorylation
Carbohydrate metabolism II: Biosynthesis
etc.

Part V: Information
Information copying: Replication
Information restructuring: Restriction, repair, recombination, rearrangements, amplification
Information transfer: Transcription
Information decoding: Translation
Encoding and expression of genetic information in eukaryotes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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