Biochemistry
Subtitle: the molecular basis of life
By: Trudy McKee, James R. McKee
Contributors: McKee, James R. (James Robert), 1946-
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 864
ISBN-13: 9780199730841
Subjects: Biochemistry; Textbooks; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry
Description: "Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life is an intermediate, one-semester text written for students on degree pathways in Chemistry, Biology and other Health and Life Sciences. Aimed at students with one unit of Organic Chemistry, it focuses on essential biochemical principles that underpin the modern life sciences, and offers a balanced coverage of chemistry and biology"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Table of Contents; title: Chapter 1 Biochemistry: An Introduction; title: Chapter 2 Living Cells; title: Chapter 3 Water: The Matrix of Life; title: Chapter 4 Energy; title: Chapter 5 Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins; title: Chapter 6 Enzymes; title: Chapter 7 Carbohydrates; title: Chapter 8 Carbohydrate Metabolism; title: Chapter 9 Aerobic Metabolism I: The Citric Acid Cycle; title: Chapter 10 Aerobic Metabolism II: Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosporylation; title: Chapter 11 Lipids and Membranes; title: Chapter 12 Lipid Metabolism; title: Chapter 13 Photosynthesis; title: Chapter 14 Nitrogen Metabolism I: Synthesis; title: Chapter 15 Nitrogen Metabolism I: Degradation; title: Chapter 16 Integration of Metabolism; title: Chapter 17 Nucleic Acids; title: Chapter 18 Genetic Information; title: Chapter 19 Protein Synthesis.