BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY - W. ELLIOTT - 2002

Editors' Preface to the Translation

Preface to the English Edition

CHAPTER 1. CHEMISTRY, ENERGY, AND METABOLISM

CHAPTER 2. PROTEIN STRUCTURE

CHAPTER 3. MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION OF CELLULAR MEMBRANES

CHAPTER 4. DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION OF FOOD

CHAPTER 5. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE DISTRIBUTION AND UTILIZATION OF ENERGY SOURCES IN VARIOUS BODY TISSUES

CHAPTER 6. BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS OF NUTRIENT TRANSPORT, STORAGE, AND MOBILIZATION

CHAPTER 7. DERIVING ENERGY FROM FOOD: AN INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 8. GLYCOLYSIS, THE CITRIC ACID CYCLE, AND THE ELECTRON TRANSPORT SYSTEM: REACTIONS OF THESE METABOLIC PATHWAYS

CHAPTER 9. THE ENERGY VALUE OF FATS

CHAPTER 10. TRANSITION FROM CATABOLISM TO ANABOLISM: THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF FATS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS IN THE BODY

CHAPTER 11. THE BODY'S SYNTHESIS OF GLUCOSE (GLUCONEOGENESIS)

CHAPTER 12. REGULATION OF CARBOHYDRATE AND FAT METABOLISM

CHAPTER 13. WHY IS AN ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY FOR GLUCOSE OXIDATION—THE PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY—NECESSARY?

CHAPTER 14. PHOTOSYNTHESIS: A MECHANISM FOR TRANSFERRING ENERGY TO WATER ELECTRONS

CHAPTER 15. AMINO ACID METABOLISM

CHAPTER 16. INTRACELLULAR WASTE-DISPOSAL ORGANELLES

CHAPTER 17. THE BODY'S PROTECTIVE ENZYMATIC MECHANISMS

CHAPTER 18. NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM

CHAPTER 19. DNA: STRUCTURE AND CELLULAR LOCALIZATION

CHAPTER 20. DNA SYNTHESIS AND REPAIR

CHAPTER 21. GENE TRANSCRIPTION: THE FIRST STEP IN CONTROLLING PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS

CHAPTER 22. PROTEIN SYNTHESIS, INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT, AND DEGRADATION

CHAPTER 23. VIRUSES AND VIROIDS

CHAPTER 24. GENE CLONING, RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY, AND GENETIC ENGINEERING

CHAPTER 25. THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

CHAPTER 26. CHEMICAL SIGNALING IN THE BODY

CHAPTER 27. RED BLOOD CELLS AND HEMOGLOBIN FUNCTION

CHAPTER 28. MUSCLE CONTRACTION

CHAPTER 29. THE ROLE OF THE CYTOSKELETON IN MAINTAINING CELL SHAPE AND PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK

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