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Short course in biochemistry / Albert L. Lehninger.

By: Lehninger, Albert L [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Worth Publishers, [1973]Copyright date: ©1973Description: 420 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 087901024X (hardback).Subject(s): BiochemistryDDC classification: 572
Contents:
Introduction: the molecular logic of living organisms -- Part I Biomolecules: Water -- Amino acids and peptides -- Proteins -- Enzymes -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Nucleotides and the backbone structure of nucleic acids -- Vitamins and coenzymes -- Part II Catabolism and the generation of phosphate-bond energy: A survey of intermediary metabolism -- Bioenergetic principles and the ATP cycle -- Glycolysis -- The tricarboxylic acid cycle and the phosphogluconate pathway -- Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation -- Oxidation of fatty acids -- Oxidative degradation of amino acids: the urea cycle -- Photosynthetic electron transport and photophosphorylation -- Part III Biosynthesis and the utilization of phosphate-bond energy: The biosynthesis of carbohydrates -- The biosynthesis of fatty acids and lipids -- Biosynthesis of amino acids and nucleotides -- Absorption, transport and the regulation of metabolism in mammals -- Part IV Replication, transcription and translation of genetic information: Deoxyribonucleic acid and the structure of chromosomes and genes -- Replication and transcription of DNA -- Biosynthesis of proteins.
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An elementary version of the author's Biochemistry.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the molecular logic of living organisms -- Part I Biomolecules: Water -- Amino acids and peptides -- Proteins -- Enzymes -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Nucleotides and the backbone structure of nucleic acids -- Vitamins and coenzymes -- Part II Catabolism and the generation of phosphate-bond energy: A survey of intermediary metabolism -- Bioenergetic principles and the ATP cycle -- Glycolysis -- The tricarboxylic acid cycle and the phosphogluconate pathway -- Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation -- Oxidation of fatty acids -- Oxidative degradation of amino acids: the urea cycle -- Photosynthetic electron transport and photophosphorylation -- Part III Biosynthesis and the utilization of phosphate-bond energy: The biosynthesis of carbohydrates -- The biosynthesis of fatty acids and lipids -- Biosynthesis of amino acids and nucleotides -- Absorption, transport and the regulation of metabolism in mammals -- Part IV Replication, transcription and translation of genetic information: Deoxyribonucleic acid and the structure of chromosomes and genes -- Replication and transcription of DNA -- Biosynthesis of proteins.