Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Richard Cammack, Teresa K. Attwood, Peter N. Campbell, J.H. Parish, Anthony D. Smith, John L. Stirling, Francis Vella

736 pages, parution le 29/06/2006 (2^eme édition)

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A carefully focused introduction to cell biology, biochemistry and molecular biology which is perfect for students taking a first course in this subject.
Two entirely new introductory chapters, which provide increased coverage of the fundamentals of cell biology.
Extensively expanded coverage of molecular biology which reflects recent advances in bioinformatics, proteomics and genomics, and the latest modern molecular biology techniques.
Boxed examples of medical and health-related issues present essential concepts in a human context, whilst biochemical and molecular biological processes are described in the context of the whole body.
The third edition has undergone substantial re-structuring to facilitate its use by students with little prior understanding of the subject area.
The Online Resource Centre will contain illustrations from the book, Web links, course outlines as PowerPoint slides, checklists of key concepts, discussion points and questions for each chapter, plus answers,

New to this edition

Two entirely new introductory chapters, which provide a broad background for readers studying biochemistry and molecular cell biology for the first time. The first introduces the molecules of the living cell, molecular recognition, molecular strategies and origin of life. The second covers the structures of prokaryotes and eukaryotes, cell growth, cell cycle, stem cells, mitosis and meiosis.
Extensively revised and extended chapter on 'Manipulating DNA and genes', 'DNA and genomes' incorporating material from the human genome project, and 'Methods in protein investigation' which describes recent advances in this area with a particular emphasis on bioinformatics and proteomics.
New part covering Molecular biology and disease which includes expanded coverage of cell cycle control, apoptosis and cancer.

An understanding of biochemistry and molecular cell biology opens the door to an understanding of life itself. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is perfectly suited to opening up this subject to the widest range of students, giving insights into this fascinating area with which every biological and biomedical science student should be familiar.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology takes students from the fundamentals of cell biology and biochemistry to the latest advances in genomics and proteomics, maintaining a wonderful clarity, enriched by carefully layered explanations and vivid illustrations throughout.

L'auteur - Teresa K. Attwood

Dr Teresa K Attwood is a Royal Society University Research fellow and Senior Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK, Visiting Fellow at the European Bioinformatics Institute and author and curator of the PRINTS protein fingerprint database.

Sommaire

Basic concepts of life
- 1. The basic molecular themes of life
- 2. Cells & viruses
- 3. Energy considerations in biochemistry
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
Metabolism
- 9. Food digestion, absorption and distribution to the tissues
- 10. Biochemical mechanisms involved in 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: reactions involved in these pathways
- 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. Enzymatic protective mechanisms in the body
- 21. Nucleotide synthesis and metabolism
Information storage and utilisation
- 22. DNA and genomes
- 23. DNA synthesis, repair and recombination
- 24. Gene transcription and control
- 25. Protein synthesis and controlled breakdown
- 26. Protein targeting - how proteins are delivered to their cellular destinations
- 27. Signal transduction
- 28. Manipulating DNA and genes
The immune system, cell cycle, apoptosis and cancer
- 29. The immune system
- 30. Cell cycle control, apoptosis and cancer

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Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	Richard Cammack, Teresa K. Attwood, Peter N. Campbell, J.H. Parish, Anthony D. Smith, John L. Stirling, Francis Vella
Parution	29/06/2006
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	736
Format	20 x 25,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1790g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780198529170
ISBN13	978-0-19-927199-3