Biochemistry, 6th ed.9780495390411 Biochemistry, 6th ed. Campbell, Mary K. and Shawn O. Farrell. Brooks/Cole Publishing 2009 807 pages $176.95 Hardcover QD415 Intended for non-biochemistry majors who have completed organic chemistry, this textbook describes the structure and dynamics of cellular components, introduces the basic concepts of molecular biology molecular biology, scientific study of the molecular basis of life processes, including cellular respiration, excretion, and reproduction. The term molecular biology was coined in 1938 by Warren Weaver, then director of the natural sciences program at the Rockefeller , and explores some aspects of intermediary metabolism, such as carbohydrates, glycolysis glycolysis (glīkŏl`ĭsĭs), term given to the metabolic pathway utilized by most microorganisms (yeast and bacteria) and by all "higher" animals (including humans) for the degradation of glucose. , the citric acid citric acid or 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, HO2CCH2C(OH)(CO2H)CH2CO2 cycle, and photosynthesis. The sixth edition adds sections on protein-folding chaperones, silent mutations, microarrays, and chloroplast chloroplast (klōr`əplăst', klôr`–), a complex, discrete green structure, or organelle, contained in the cytoplasm of plant cells. genes. Jumping the gun a bit to make the book seem "new" for a longer time, it carries a 2009 copyright (even though it was extant in 2007). ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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