TY - BOOK AU - Elliott, William H. AU - Elliott, Daphne C. TI - Biochemistry and molecular biology U1 - 574.192 PY - 2007/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Biochemistry KW - Molecular Biology N1 - PART 1 BASIC CONCEPTS OF LIFE 1. The basic molecular themes of life 2. Cells and viruses 3. Energy considerations in biochemistry PART 2 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PROTEINS AND MEMBRANES 4. The structure of proteins 5. Methods in protein investigation 6. Enzymes 7. The cell membrane and membrane proteins 8. Muscle contraction, the cytoskeleton, and molecular motors PART 3 METABOLISM 9. Food digestion, absorption, distribution to the tissues and appetite control 10. Mechanisms of transport, storage and mobilisation of dietary components 11. Principles of energy release from food 12. Glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and the electron transport system 13. Energy release from fat 14. The synthesis of fat and related compounds 15. Synthesis of glucose (gluconeogenesis) 16. Strategies for metabolic control and their applications to carbohydrate and fat metabolism 17. Why should there be an alternative pathway of glucose oxidation? The pentose phosphate pathway 18. Raising electrons of water back up the energy scale - photosynthesis 19. Amino acid metabolism 20. Nucleotide synthesis and metabolism PART 4 INFORMATION STORAGE AND UTILISATION 21. The genome 22. DNA synthesis, repair and recombination 23. Gene transcription and control 24. Protein synthesis and controlled protein breakdown 25. The RNA world - RNA microgenes and RNA interference 26. Protein sorting and delivery 27. Cell signalling 28. Manipulating DNA and genes PART 5 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 29. Special topics: blood clotting, xenobiotic metabolism, reactive oxygen species 30. The immune system 31. The cell cycle and its control 32. Apoptosis 33. Cancer ER -