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Biochemistry : the molecular basis of cell structure and function / Albert L. Lehninger.

By: Lehninger, Albert L [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Worth, 1972Copyright date: ©1970Description: xiii, 833 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0879010096 (hardback).Subject(s): BiochemistryDDC classification: 572
Contents:
Introduction: The molecular logic of living organisms -- Part 1 The molecular components of cells: Biomolecules and cells -- Water -- Proteins and their biological functions: a survey -- Proteins: the amino acid building blocks -- Proteins: covalent backbone and amino acid sequence -- Proteins: conformation -- Proteins: behavior in solution -- Enzymes: kinetics and inhibition -- Enzymes: mechanism, structure and regulation -- Lipids, lipoproteins and membranes -- Sugars, storage polysaccharides and cell walls -- Nucleotides and polynucleotides -- Part 2 Catabolism and the generation of phosphate-bond energy: Metabolic and energy-transfer pathways: a survey -- Bioenergetics principles and the ATP cycle -- Glycolysis -- The tricarboxylic acid cycle and the phosphogluconate pathway -- Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation -- Mitochondrial compartmentation and the integration of energy-yielding reactions -- Oxidation of fatty acids -- Oxidative degraduation of amino acids -- Photosynthesis electron transport and phosphorylation -- Part 3 Biosynthesis and the utilization of phosphate-bond energy: The biosynthesis of carbohydrates -- The biosynthesis of lipids -- The biosynthesis of amino acids; nitrogen fixation -- The biosynthesis of mononucleotides -- Contractile and motile systems -- Active transport across membranes -- Part 4 Replication, transcription and translation of genetic information: DNA and the structure of chromosomes -- Replication and transcription of DNA -- Ribosomes and protein synthesis -- The genetic code -- Regulation of protein synthesis: cell differentiation -- The molecular basis of morphogenesis -- The origin of life.
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General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 572 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00048789
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The molecular logic of living organisms -- Part 1 The molecular components of cells: Biomolecules and cells -- Water -- Proteins and their biological functions: a survey -- Proteins: the amino acid building blocks -- Proteins: covalent backbone and amino acid sequence -- Proteins: conformation -- Proteins: behavior in solution -- Enzymes: kinetics and inhibition -- Enzymes: mechanism, structure and regulation -- Lipids, lipoproteins and membranes -- Sugars, storage polysaccharides and cell walls -- Nucleotides and polynucleotides -- Part 2 Catabolism and the generation of phosphate-bond energy: Metabolic and energy-transfer pathways: a survey -- Bioenergetics principles and the ATP cycle -- Glycolysis -- The tricarboxylic acid cycle and the phosphogluconate pathway -- Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation -- Mitochondrial compartmentation and the integration of energy-yielding reactions -- Oxidation of fatty acids -- Oxidative degraduation of amino acids -- Photosynthesis electron transport and phosphorylation -- Part 3 Biosynthesis and the utilization of phosphate-bond energy: The biosynthesis of carbohydrates -- The biosynthesis of lipids -- The biosynthesis of amino acids; nitrogen fixation -- The biosynthesis of mononucleotides -- Contractile and motile systems -- Active transport across membranes -- Part 4 Replication, transcription and translation of genetic information: DNA and the structure of chromosomes -- Replication and transcription of DNA -- Ribosomes and protein synthesis -- The genetic code -- Regulation of protein synthesis: cell differentiation -- The molecular basis of morphogenesis -- The origin of life.