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• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• Icons Used in This Book
• Beyond the Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: Setting the Stage: Basic Biochemistry Concepts
• Chapter 1: Biochemistry: What You Need to Know and Why
• Why Biochemistry?
• What Is Biochemistry and Where Does It Take Place?
• Types of Living Cells
• Animal Cells and How They Work
• A Brief Look at Plant Cells
• Chapter 2: Seems So Basic: Water Chemistry and pH
• The Fundamentals of H2O
• Hydrogen Ion Concentration: Acids and Bases
• Buffers and pH Control
• Chapter 3: Fun with Carbon: Organic Chemistry
• The Role of Carbon in the Study of Life
• It’s All in the Numbers: Carbon Bonds
• When Forces Attract: Bond Strengths
• Getting a Reaction out of a Molecule: Functional Groups
• Same Content, Different Structure: Isomerism
• Part 2: The Meat of Biochemistry: Proteins
• Chapter 4: Amino Acids: The Building Blocks of Protein
• General Properties of Amino Acids
• The Magic 20 Amino Acids
• Lest We Forget: Rarer Amino Acids
• Rudiments of Amino Acid Interactions
• Combining Amino Acids: How It Works
• Chapter 5: Protein Structure and Function
• Proteins: Not Just for Dinner
• Primary Structure: The Structure Level All Proteins Have
• Secondary Structure: A Structure Level Most Proteins Have
• Tertiary Structure: A Structure Level Many Proteins Have
• Quaternary Structure: A Structure Level Some Proteins Have
• Dissecting a Protein for Study
• Chapter 6: Enzyme Kinetics: Getting There Faster
• Enzyme Classification: The Best Catalyst for the Job
• Enzymes as Catalysts: When Fast Is Not Fast Enough
• All about Kinetics
• Measuring Enzyme Behavior: The Michaelis-Menten Equation
• Enzyme Inhibition: Slowing It Down
• Enzyme Regulation
• Part 3: Carbohydrates, Lipids, Nucleic Acids, and More, Oh My!
• Chapter 7: What We Crave: Carbohydrates
• Properties of Carbohydrates
• A Sweet Topic: Monosaccharides
• Sugars Joining Hands: Oligosaccharides
• The Aldose Family of Sugars
• Chapter 8: Lipids and Membranes
• Lovely Lipids: An Overview
• A Fatty Subject: Triglycerides
• No Simpletons Here: Complex Lipids
• Membranes: The Bipolar and the Bilayer
• Prostaglandins, Thromboxanes, and Leukotrienes: Mopping Up
• Chapter 9: Nucleic Acids and the Code of Life
• Nucleotides: The Guts of DNA and RNA
• Tracing the Process: From Nucleoside to Nucleotide to Nucleic Acid
• A Primer on Nucleic Acids
• Chapter 10: Vitamins: Both Simple and Complex
• More than One-a-Day: Basics of Vitamins
• To B or Not to B: B Complex Vitamins
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin C
• Vitamin D
• Vitamin E
• Vitamin K
• Chapter 11: Hormones: The Body’s Messengers
• Structures of Some Key Hormones
• Now and Later: Prohormones
• Fight or Flight: Hormone Function
• Part 4: Bioenergetics and Pathways
• Chapter 12: Life and Energy
• ATP: The Energy Pony Express
• It’s Relative: Molecules Related to ATP
• Where It All Comes From
• Chapter 13: ATP: The Body’s Monetary System
• Metabolism I: Glycolysis
• Metabolism II: Citric Acid (Krebs) Cycle
• Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
• Investing in the Future: Biosynthesis
• Chapter 14: Smelly Biochemistry: Nitrogen in Biological Systems
• Ring in the Nitrogen: Purine
• Pyrimidine Synthesis
• Back to the Beginning: Catabolism
• Process of Elimination: The Urea Cycle
• Amino Acids Once Again
• Metabolic Disorders
• Part 5: Genetics: Why We Are What We Are
• Chapter 15: Photocopying DNA
• Let’s Do It Again: Replication
• Mendel Rolling Over: Recombinant DNA
• Patterns: Determining DNA Sequences
• Genetic Diseases and Other DNA Testing Applications
• Chapter 16: Transcribe This! RNA Transcription
• Types of RNA
• RNA Polymerase Requirements
• Making RNA: The Basics
• Not a Secret Any Longer: The Genetic Code
• Models of Gene Regulation
• Chapter 17: Translation: Protein Synthesis
• Hopefully Not Lost in Translation
• The Translation Team
• Hooking Up: Protein Synthesis
• Variation in Eukaryotic Cells
• Part 6: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 18: Ten Great Applications of Biochemistry
• Ames Test
• Pregnancy Testing
• HIV Testing
• Breast Cancer Testing
• Prenatal Genetic Testing
• PKU Screening
• Genetically Modified Foods
• Genetic Engineering
• Cloning
• Gene-Replacement Therapy
• Chapter 19: Ten Biochemistry Careers
• Research Assistant
• Nanotechnologist
• Quality Control Analyst
• Clinical Research Associate
• Technical Writer
• Biochemical Development Engineer
• Forensic Scientist
• Patent Attorney
• Pharmaceutical Sales Representative
• Biostatistician
• Index
• About the Authors
• Advertisement Page
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• End User License Agreement