An understanding of biochemistry and molecular cell biology opens the door to an understanding of life itself. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is perfectly suited to opening up this subject to the widest range of students, giving insights into this fascinating area with which every biological and biomedical science student should be familiar. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology takes students from the fundamentals of cell biology and biochemistry to the latest advances in genomics and proteomics, maintaining a wonderful clarity, enriched by carefully layered explanations and vivid illustrations throughout. New Organisation The third edition has undergone substantial re-structuring to facilitate its use by students with little prior understanding of the subject area. New Pedagogy - Summaries at the end of each chapter which highlight the key concepts presented and aid revision. - Boxed applications illuminate the concepts being introduced, describing medical examples and health-related issues. - More problems at the end of each chapter.Supplementary resources The companion web site will contain illustrations from the book, Web links, course outlines as PowerPoint slides, checklists of key concepts, discussion points and questions for each chapter, plus answers to the discussion points, questions, and problems in the textbook.
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Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Illustrationen
col. fig., num. halftones
numerous halftones and colour figures
Maße
Höhe: 246 mm
Breite: 198 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-19-927199-3 (9780199271993)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
(Emeritus Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Adelaide, Australia)
PART 1:BASIC CONCEPTS OF LIFE; 1. The basic molecular themes of life; 2. Cells & 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 and distribution to the tissues; 10. Biochemical mechanisms involved in 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: reactions involved in these pathways; 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. Enzymatic protective mechanisms in the body; 21. Nucleotide synthesis and metabolism; PART 4: INFORMATION STORAGE AND UTILISATION; 22. DNA and genomes; 23. DNA synthesis, repair and recombination; 24. Gene transcription and control; 25. Protein synthesis and controlled breakdown; 26. Protein targeting - how proteins are delivered to their cellular destinations; 27. Signal transduction; 28. Manipulating DNA and genes; PART 5: THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, CELL CYCLE, APOPTOSIS AND CANCER; 29. The immune system; 30. Cell cycle control, apoptosis and cancer; ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS
