Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

By: William H.Elliott | Daphne C.ElliottMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997Description: xxv, 437 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cmISBN: 9780198577935; 0198577931Subject(s): Biochemistry | Molecular biology | Molecular Biology
Contents:
Chemistry, energy, and metabolism -- The structure of proteins -- The cell membrane--a structure depending only on weak forces --Digestion and absorption of food -- Preliminary outline of fuel distribution and utilization by the different tissues of the body --Biochemical mechanisms involved in food transport, storage, and mobilization -- Energy production from foodstuffs--a preliminary overview -- Glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and the electron transport system: reactions involved in these pathways -- Energy production from fat -- A switch from catabolic to anabolic metabolism--first the synthesis of fat and related compounds in the body -- Synthesis of glucose (gluconeogenesis). Strategies for metabolic control and their application to carbohydrate and fat metabolism -- Why should there be an alternative pathway of glucose oxidation--the pentose phosphate pathway -- Raising electrons of water back up the energy scale--photosynthesis -- Amino acid metabolism -- Garbage disposal units inside cells -- Enzymic protective mechanisms in the body -- Nucleotide metabolism -- DNA--its structure and arrangement in cells -- DNA synthesis and repair -- Gene transcription--the first step in the mechanism by which genes direct protein synthesis -- Protein synthesis, intracellular transport, and degradation -- Viruses and viroids. Gene cloning, recombinant DNA technology, genetic engineering -- The immune system -- Chemical signalling in the body -- The red blood cell and the role of hemoglobin -- Muscle contraction -- The role of the cytoskeleton in the shape determination of cells and in mechanical work in cells.
Summary: "Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is a text designed to meet the needs of students taking a first main course in biochemistry. It adopts a readable, student-friendly style with an emphasis on understanding and explanation. The presentation is modern and attractive, with the use of clear full-colour illustrations throughout the text, and difficult areas are explained in full." "Biochemistry and Molecular Biology covers topics of current special interest as well as more traditional areas in biochemistry. There is an emphasis on biological aspects of biochemistry and new topics are introduced in their biological context wherever possible. As well as presenting core material on the structure of proteins and membranes, metabolism, and information storage and utilization, the text also surveys the immune system, viruses and viroids, and the disparate enzymic protective mechanisms in the body. Areas of special current importance such as metabolic regulation, cell-cell signalling, and control of gene expression are given appropriate emphasis in separate chapters."--Jacket.
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Chemistry, energy, and metabolism --
The structure of proteins --
The cell membrane--a structure depending only on weak forces --Digestion and absorption of food --
Preliminary outline of fuel distribution and utilization by the different tissues of the body --Biochemical mechanisms involved in food transport, storage, and mobilization --
Energy production from foodstuffs--a preliminary overview --
Glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and the electron transport system: reactions involved in these pathways --
Energy production from fat --
A switch from catabolic to anabolic metabolism--first the synthesis of fat and related compounds in the body --
Synthesis of glucose (gluconeogenesis). Strategies for metabolic control and their application to carbohydrate and fat metabolism --
Why should there be an alternative pathway of glucose oxidation--the pentose phosphate pathway --
Raising electrons of water back up the energy scale--photosynthesis --
Amino acid metabolism --
Garbage disposal units inside cells --
Enzymic protective mechanisms in the body --
Nucleotide metabolism --
DNA--its structure and arrangement in cells --
DNA synthesis and repair --
Gene transcription--the first step in the mechanism by which genes direct protein synthesis --
Protein synthesis, intracellular transport, and degradation --
Viruses and viroids. Gene cloning, recombinant DNA technology, genetic engineering --
The immune system --
Chemical signalling in the body --
The red blood cell and the role of hemoglobin --
Muscle contraction --
The role of the cytoskeleton in the shape determination of cells and in mechanical work in cells.

"Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is a text designed to meet the needs of students taking a first main course in biochemistry. It adopts a readable, student-friendly style with an emphasis on understanding and explanation. The presentation is modern and attractive, with the use of clear full-colour illustrations throughout the text, and difficult areas are explained in full." "Biochemistry and Molecular Biology covers topics of current special interest as well as more traditional areas in biochemistry. There is an emphasis on biological aspects of biochemistry and new topics are introduced in their biological context wherever possible. As well as presenting core material on the structure of proteins and membranes, metabolism, and information storage and utilization, the text also surveys the immune system, viruses and viroids, and the disparate enzymic protective mechanisms in the body. Areas of special current importance such as metabolic regulation, cell-cell signalling, and control of gene expression are given appropriate emphasis in separate chapters."--Jacket.

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