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Harper's illustrated biochemistry / Robert K. Murray ... [and others].
Levy Dental Medicine Library - Stacks QP514 .R4 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biochemistry.
- Clinical biochemistry.
- Metabolism.
- Molecular Biology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Biochemistry.
- Metabolism.
- Molecular Biology.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 818 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- Twenty-ninth edition.
- Other Title:
- Harper's biochemistry
- Illustrated biochemistry
- Place of Publication:
- New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, [2012]
- Contents:
- Biochemistry & medicine
- Water & pH
- Amino acids & peptides
- Proteins : determination of primary structure
- Proteins : higher orders of structure
- Proteins : myoglobin & hemoglobin
- Enzymes : mechanism of action
- Enzymes : kinetics
- Enzymes : regulation of activities
- Bioinformatics & computational biology
- Bioenergetics : the role of ATP
- Biologic oxidation
- The respiratory chain & oxidative phosphorylation
- Carbohydrates of physiologic significance
- Lipids of physiologic significance
- Overview of metabolism & the provision of metabolic fuels
- The citric acid cycle : the catabolism of acetyl-CoA
- Glycolysis & the oxidation of pyruvate
- Metabolism of glycogen
- Gluconeogenesis & the control of blood glucose
- The pentose phosphate pathway & other pathways of hexose metabolism
- Oxidation of fatty acids : ketogenesis
- Biosynthesis of fatty acids & eicosanoids
- Metabolism of acylglycerols & sphingolipids
- Lipid transport & storage
- Cholesterol synthesis, transport, & excretion
- Biosynthesis of the nutritionally nonessential amino acids
- Catabolism of proteins & of amino acid nitrogen
- Catabolism of the carbon skeletons of amino acids
- Conversion of amino acids to specialized products
- Porphyrins & bile pigments
- Nucleotides
- Metabolism of purine & pyrimidine nucleotides
- Nucleic acid structure & function
- DNA organization, replication, & repair
- RNA synthesis, processing & modification
- Protein synthesis & the genetic code
- Regulation of gene expression
- Molecular genetics, recombinant DNA, & genomic technology
- Membranes : structure & function
- The diversity of the endocrine system
- Hormone action & signal transduction
- Nutrition, digestion, & absorption
- Micronutrients : vitamins & minerals
- Free radicals and antioxidant nutrients
- Intracellular traffic & sorting of proteins
- Glycoproteins
- The extracellular matrix
- Muscle & the cytoskeleton
- Plasma proteins & immunoglobulins
- Hemostasis & thrombosis
- Red & white blood cells
- Metabolism of xenobiotics
- The biochemistry of aging
- Cancer : an overview
- Clinical biochemistry
- Biochemical case histories.
- Notes:
- "A Lange medical book.."
- Previous ed.: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780071765763
- 007176576X
- OCLC:
- 778368327
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