Marks' essential medical biochemistry / Michael Lieberman, Allan Marks, Colleen Smith.

Author
Lieberman, Michael, 1950- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Baltimore, MD : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2006], ©2006.
Description
xiv, 565 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

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    Notes
    Based on Marks' basic medical biochemistry. 2nd ed. c2005.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Contents
    • 1. An overview of fuel metabolism
    • 2. Water, acids, bases, and buffers
    • 3. Structures of the major compounds of the body
    • 4. Amino acids and proteins
    • 5. Structure-function relationships in proteins
    • 6. Enzymes as catalysts
    • 7. Regulation of enzymes
    • 8. Cell structure and signaling by chemical messengers
    • 9. Structure of the nucleic acids
    • 10. Synthesis of DNA
    • 11. Transcription : synthesis of RNA
    • 12. Translation : synthesis of proteins
    • 13. Regulation of gene expression
    • 14. Use of recombinant DNA techniques in medicine
    • 15. Cellular bioenergetics : ATP and O[subscript 2]
    • 16. Tricarboxylic acid cycle
    • 17. Oxidative phosphorylation, mitochondrial function, and oxygen radicals
    • 18. Generation of ATP from glucose : glycolysis
    • 19. Oxidation of fatty acids and ketone bodies
    • 20. Basic concepts in the regulation of fuel metabolism by insulin, glucagon, and other hormones
    • 21. Digestion, absorption, and transport of carbohydrates
    • 22. Formation and degradation of glycogen
    • 23. Pathways of sugar and alcohol metabolism : fructose, galactose, pentose phosphate pathway, and ethanol metabolism
    • 24. Synthesis of glycosides, lactose, glycoproteins, glycolipids and proteoglycans
    • 25. Gluconeogenesis and maintenance of blood glucose levels
    • 26. Digestion and transport of dietary lipids
    • 27. Synthesis of fatty acids, triacylglycerols, eicosanoids, and the major membrane lipids
    • 28. Cholesterol absorption, synthesis, metabolism, and fate
    • 29. Integration of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism
    • 30. Protein digestion and amino acid absorption
    • 31. Fate of amino acid nitrogen : urea cycle
    • 32. Synthesis and degradation of amino acids and amino acid derived products
    • 33. Tetrahydrofolate, vitamin B[subscript 12], and S-adenosylmethionine
    • 34. Purine and pyrimidine metabolism
    • 35. Intertissue relationships in the metabolism of amino acids.
    Other title(s)
    Essential medical biochemistry
    ISBN
    0781793408
    LCCN
    2005024929
    OCLC
    61404510
    International Article Number
    • 9780781793407
    RCP
    C - S
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