Lieberman, Michael, 1950-
Marks' essential medical biochemistry / Essential medical biochemistry Marks' essentials of medical biochemistry Michael Lieberman, Allan Marks, Colleen Smith. - Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007. - xiv, 565 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Based on Marks' basic medical biochemistry. 2nd ed. c2005.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
An overview of fuel metabolism -- Water, acids, bases, and buffers -- Structures of the major compounds of the body -- Amino acids in proteins -- Structure-function relationships in proteins -- Enzymes as catalysts -- Regulation of enzymes -- Cell structure and signaling by chemical messengers -- Structure of the nucleic acids -- Synthesis of DNA -- Transcription: synthesis of RNA -- Translation: synthesis of proteins -- Regulation of gene expression -- Use of recombinant DNA techniques in medicine -- Cellular bioenergetics: ATP and O2 -- Tricarboxylic acid cycle -- Oxidative phosphorylation, mitochondrial function, and oxygen radicals -- Generation of ATP from glucose: glycolysis -- Oxidation of fatty acids and ketone bodies -- Basic concepts in the regulation of fuel metabolism by insulin, glucagon, and other hormones -- Digestion, absorption, and transport of carbohydrates -- Formation and degradation of glycogen -- Pathways of sugar metabolism: fructose, galactose, pentose phosphate pathway, and ethanol metabolism -- Synthesis of glycosides, lactose, glycoproteins, and glycolipids and proteoglycans -- Gluconeogenesis and maintenance of blood glucose levels -- Digestion and transport of dietary lipids -- Synthesis of fatty acids, triacylglycerols, eicosanoids, and the major membrane lipids -- Cholesterol absorption, synthesis, metabolism and fate -- Integration of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism -- Protein digestion and amino acid absorption -- Fate of amino acid nitrogen: urea cycle -- Synthesis and degradation of amino acids and amino acid derived products -- Tetrahydrofolate, vitamin B12, and S-adenosylmethionine -- Purine and pyrimidine metabolism -- Intertissue relationships in the metabolism of amino acids.
0781793408 9780781793407
Biochemistry.
Clinical biochemistry.
Biochemistry.
Clinical Medicine.
Metabolism.
QP514.2 / .L54 2007
612.015 / MAL
Marks' essential medical biochemistry / Essential medical biochemistry Marks' essentials of medical biochemistry Michael Lieberman, Allan Marks, Colleen Smith. - Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007. - xiv, 565 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Based on Marks' basic medical biochemistry. 2nd ed. c2005.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
An overview of fuel metabolism -- Water, acids, bases, and buffers -- Structures of the major compounds of the body -- Amino acids in proteins -- Structure-function relationships in proteins -- Enzymes as catalysts -- Regulation of enzymes -- Cell structure and signaling by chemical messengers -- Structure of the nucleic acids -- Synthesis of DNA -- Transcription: synthesis of RNA -- Translation: synthesis of proteins -- Regulation of gene expression -- Use of recombinant DNA techniques in medicine -- Cellular bioenergetics: ATP and O2 -- Tricarboxylic acid cycle -- Oxidative phosphorylation, mitochondrial function, and oxygen radicals -- Generation of ATP from glucose: glycolysis -- Oxidation of fatty acids and ketone bodies -- Basic concepts in the regulation of fuel metabolism by insulin, glucagon, and other hormones -- Digestion, absorption, and transport of carbohydrates -- Formation and degradation of glycogen -- Pathways of sugar metabolism: fructose, galactose, pentose phosphate pathway, and ethanol metabolism -- Synthesis of glycosides, lactose, glycoproteins, and glycolipids and proteoglycans -- Gluconeogenesis and maintenance of blood glucose levels -- Digestion and transport of dietary lipids -- Synthesis of fatty acids, triacylglycerols, eicosanoids, and the major membrane lipids -- Cholesterol absorption, synthesis, metabolism and fate -- Integration of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism -- Protein digestion and amino acid absorption -- Fate of amino acid nitrogen: urea cycle -- Synthesis and degradation of amino acids and amino acid derived products -- Tetrahydrofolate, vitamin B12, and S-adenosylmethionine -- Purine and pyrimidine metabolism -- Intertissue relationships in the metabolism of amino acids.
0781793408 9780781793407
Biochemistry.
Clinical biochemistry.
Biochemistry.
Clinical Medicine.
Metabolism.
QP514.2 / .L54 2007
612.015 / MAL