Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgments. PART I: STRUCTURE OF MACROMOLECULES. 1. Eukaryotic Cell Structure (Thomas M. Devlin). 2. DNA and RNA: Composition and Structure (Stephen A. Woski and Francis J. Schmidt). 3. Proteins I: Composition and Structure (Richard M. Schultz and Michael N. Liebman). PART II: TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION. 4. DNA Replication, Recombination, and Repair (Howard J. Edenberg). 5. RNA: Transcription and RNA Processing (Frank J. Schmidt and David R. Setzer). 6. Protein Synthesis: Translation and Posttranslational Modifications (Dohn Glitz). 7. Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology (Gerald Soslau). 8. Regulation of Gene Expression (Daniel L. Weeks and John E. Donelson). 9. Proteins II: Structure-Function Relationships in Protein Families (Richard M. Schultz and Michael N. Liebman). 10. Enzymes: Classification, Kinetics, and Control (Henry Weiner). 11. The Cytochromes P450 and Nitric Oxide Synthases (Linda J. Roman and Bettie Sue Siler Masters). 12. Biological Membranes: Structure and Membrane Transport (Thomas M. Devlin). 13. Fundamentals of Signal Transduction (George R. Dubyak). 14. Bioenergetics and Oxidative Metabolism (Diana S. Beattie). 15. Carbohydrate Metabolism I: Major Metabolic Pathways and Their Control (Robert A. Harris). 16. Carbohydrate Metabolism II: Special Pathways and Glycoconjugates (Nancy B Schwartz). 17. Lipid Metabolism I: Synthesis, Storage, and Utilization of Fatty Acids and Triacylglycerols (Martin D. Snider, J. Denis McGarry, and Richard W. Hanson). 18. Lipid Metabolism II: Pathways of Metabolism of Special Lipids (Robert H. Glew). 19. Amino Acid Metabolism (Marguerite W. Coomes). 20. Purine and Pyrimidine Nucleotide Metabolism (Joseph G. Cory). 21. Iron and Heme Metabolism (William M. Awad, Jr.). 22. Metabolic Interrelationships (Robert A. Harris and David W. Crabb). 23. Biochemistry of Hormones (Thomas J. Schmidt and Gerald Litwack). 24. Molecular Cell Biology (Thomas E. Smith). 25. Cell Cycle, Programmed Cell Death and Cancer (Richard M. Schultz). 26. Digestion and Absorption of Basic Nutritional Constituents (Ulrich Hopfer). 27. Principles of Nutrition I: Macronutrients (Stephen G. Chaney). 28. Principles of Nutrition II: Micronutrients (Stephen G. Chaney). Appendix: Review of Organic Chemistry (Carol N. Angstadt). Glossary (Frank Vella). Index.

About the Author

Thomas M. Devlin, Ph.D. - Professor Emeritus, Drexel University School of Medicine.

Reviews

"This is an excellent teaching volume, which could readily be used not only be undergraduates and graduate students but also by fellows in clinical chemistry training programs." (Clinical Chemistry, October 2006) "Recommended as a primary teaching text in Biochemistry courses: noted for its depth and organization, well-written and grand in scope, the chapters moving at a perfect pace to give the student a lasting lesson in the biochemical processes." (Electric Review, September/October 2006) "...comprehensive and...appropriately updated. It should continue to help medical students see the relevance of biochemistry to medicine, which will only increase during their future careers. (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, May/June 2006)