Guide to Biochemistry

✍ Scribed by James C. Blackstock (Auth.)

• Publisher: Elsevier Ltd, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 260
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This illustrated reference manual presents students of the biological sciences with essential basic information, to encourage the understanding of concepts and provide a grounding in the core of biochemical knowledge. Amino acids, molecules, proteins, enzymes and lipids are discussed in detail

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Dedication, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Page v
Acknowledgements, Pages vii-viii
CHAPTER 1 - Biological molecules, Pages 1-10
CHAPTER 2 - The physical chemistry of aqueous systems, Pages 11-19
CHAPTER 3 - Carbohydrates, Pages 20-31
CHAPTER 4 - Amino acids and proteins, Pages 32-52
CHAPTER 5 - Enzymes, Pages 53-64
CHAPTER 6 - Enzyme kinetics, Pages 65-77
CHAPTER 7 - Nucleic acids, Pages 78-90
CHAPTER 8 - Lipids, Pages 91-101
CHAPTER 9 - Eukaryotic cellular organization, Pages 102-111
CHAPTER 10 - Principles of cellular metabolism, Pages 112-126
CHAPTER 11 - Carbohydrate metabolism, Pages 127-148
CHAPTER 12 - The tricarboxylate cycle, Pages 149-159
CHAPTER 13 - Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, Pages 160-168
CHAPTER 14 - Photosynthesis, Pages 169-179
CHAPTER 15 - The metabolism of lipids, Pages 180-195
CHAPTER 16 - Nitrogen Metabolism, Pages 196-207
CHAPTER 17 - Gene expression, Pages 208-221
CHAPTER 18 - The replication of deoxyribonucleic acid, Pages 222-229
CHAPTER 19 - Gene cloning, Pages 230-241
Index, Pages 243-255