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Biochemistry and molecular biology / William H. Elliott and Daphne C. Elliott. — 4th ed. — Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. – (58.178/E46/4th ed.) |
Contents
contents
Diseases and medically relevant topics
Abbreviations
Part 1 Basic concepts of lire
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 mobilization 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 Synthesis of fat and related compounds
15 Synthesis of glucose (gluconeogenesis)
16 Strategies for metabolic control and their application 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 Nudeotide synthesis and metabolism
Part 4 Information storage and utilization
21 The 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 Specialtopics: blood clotting， xenobiotic metabotism， reactive oxygen species
30 The immune system
31 The cell cycle and its control
32 Apoptosis
33 Cancer
Figure acknowledgements
Answers to problems
Index of diseases and medically relevant topics
Index
