Marks' essential medical biochemistry
By: Michael Lieberman, Allan Marks, Colleen Smith.
Contributors: Marks, Allan D.; Smith, Colleen M.; Marks, Dawn B.; Smith, Colleen M.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Baltimore, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 565
ISBN-13: 9780781793407
Subjects: Biochemistry; Clinical biochemistry; Biochemistry; Clinical Medicine; Metabolism
Other titles: Essential medical biochemistry
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Based on Marks' basic medical biochemistry. 2nd ed. c2005.
Table of contents: title: An overview of fuel metabolism; title: Water, acids, bases, and buffers; title: Structures of the major compounds of the body; title: Amino acids in proteins; title: Structure-function relationships in proteins; title: Enzymes as catalysts; title: Regulation of enzymes; title: Cell structure and signaling by chemical messengers; title: Structure of the nucleic acids; title: Synthesis of DNA; title: Transcription: synthesis of RNA; title: Translation: synthesis of proteins; title: Regulation of gene expression; title: Use of recombinant DNA techniques in medicine; title: Cellular bioenergetics: ATP and O2; title: Tricarboxylic acid cycle; title: Oxidative phosphorylation, mitochondrial function, and oxygen radicals; title: Generation of ATP from glucose: glycolysis; title: Oxidation of fatty acids and ketone bodies; title: Basic concepts in the regulation of fuel metabolism by insulin, glucagons and other hormones; title: Digestion, absorption, and transport of carbohydrates; title: Formation and degradation of glycogen; title: Pathways of sugar metabolism: pentose phosphate pathway, fructose and galactose metabolism; title: Synthesis of glycosides, lactose, glycoproteins, and glycolipids; title: Gluconeogenesis and maintenance of blood glucose levels; title: Digestion and transport of dietary lipids; title: Synthesis of fatty acids, triacylglycerols, and the major membrane lipids; title: Cholesterol absorption, synthesis, metabolism and fate; title: Integration of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism; title: Protein digestion and amino acid absorption; title: Fate of amino acid nitrogen: urea cycle; title: Synthesis and degradation of amino acids; title: Tetrahydrofolate, vitamin B12, and S-adenosylmethionine; title: Purine and pyrimidine metabolism; title: Intertissue relationships in the metabolism of amino acids.