Biochemistry for dummies /
"This friendly guide presents an easy-to-follow overview of the material covered in a typical college-level biochemistry course"--P. [4] of cover.
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| Sprog: | engelsk |
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons Inc.,
2022
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| Udgivelse: | 3rd ed. |
| Serier: | --For dummies.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
- Pt. 1. Setting the stage: basic biochemistry concepts
- Biochemistry : What you need to know and why
- Seems so basic : Water chemistry and pH
- Fun with carbon : Organic chemistry
- Pt. II. The meat of biochemistry: proteins
- Amino acids : The building blocks of protein
- Protein structure and function
- Enzyme kinetics : Getting there faster
- Pt. III. Carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, and more
- What we crave : Carbohydrates
- Lipids and membranes
- Nucleic acids and the code of life
- Vitamins : Both simple and complex
- Hormones : The body's messengers
- Pt. IV. Bioenergetics and pathways
- Life and energy
- ATP : The body's monetary system
- Smelly biochemistry : Nitrogen in biological systems
- Pt. V. Genetics: why we are what we are
- Photocopying DNA
- Transcribe this! RNA transcription
- Translation : Protein synthesis
- Pt. VI. The part of tens
- Ten great applications of biochemistry
- Ten biochemistry careers.