دانلود کتاب Biochemistry For Dummies

فهرست مطالب :

Title Page Copyright Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here Part 1: Setting the Stage: Basic Biochemistry Concepts Chapter 1: Biochemistry: What You Need to Know and Why Why Biochemistry? What Is Biochemistry and Where Does It Take Place? Types of Living Cells Animal Cells and How They Work A Brief Look at Plant Cells Chapter 2: Seems So Basic: Water Chemistry and pH The Fundamentals of H2O Hydrogen Ion Concentration: Acids and Bases Buffers and pH Control Chapter 3: Fun with Carbon: Organic Chemistry The Role of Carbon in the Study of Life It’s All in the Numbers: Carbon Bonds When Forces Attract: Bond Strengths Getting a Reaction out of a Molecule: Functional Groups Same Content, Different Structure: Isomerism Part 2: The Meat of Biochemistry: Proteins Chapter 4: Amino Acids: The Building Blocks of Protein General Properties of Amino Acids The Magic 20 Amino Acids Lest We Forget: Rarer Amino Acids Rudiments of Amino Acid Interactions Combining Amino Acids: How It Works Chapter 5: Protein Structure and Function Proteins: Not Just for Dinner Primary Structure: The Structure Level All Proteins Have Secondary Structure: A Structure Level Most Proteins Have Tertiary Structure: A Structure Level Many Proteins Have Quaternary Structure: A Structure Level Some Proteins Have Dissecting a Protein for Study Chapter 6: Enzyme Kinetics: Getting There Faster Enzyme Classification: The Best Catalyst for the Job Enzymes as Catalysts: When Fast Is Not Fast Enough All about Kinetics Measuring Enzyme Behavior: The Michaelis-Menten Equation Enzyme Inhibition: Slowing It Down Enzyme Regulation Part 3: Carbohydrates, Lipids, Nucleic Acids, and More, Oh My! Chapter 7: What We Crave: Carbohydrates Properties of Carbohydrates A Sweet Topic: Monosaccharides Sugars Joining Hands: Oligosaccharides The Aldose Family of Sugars Chapter 8: Lipids and Membranes Lovely Lipids: An Overview A Fatty Subject: Triglycerides No Simpletons Here: Complex Lipids Membranes: The Bipolar and the Bilayer Prostaglandins, Thromboxanes, and Leukotrienes: Mopping Up Chapter 9: Nucleic Acids and the Code of Life Nucleotides: The Guts of DNA and RNA Tracing the Process: From Nucleoside to Nucleotide to Nucleic Acid A Primer on Nucleic Acids Chapter 10: Vitamins: Both Simple and Complex More than One-a-Day: Basics of Vitamins To B or Not to B: B Complex Vitamins Vitamin A Vitamin C Vitamin D Vitamin E Vitamin K Chapter 11: Hormones: The Body’s Messengers Structures of Some Key Hormones Now and Later: Prohormones Fight or Flight: Hormone Function Part 4: Bioenergetics and Pathways Chapter 12: Life and Energy ATP: The Energy Pony Express It’s Relative: Molecules Related to ATP Where It All Comes From Chapter 13: ATP: The Body’s Monetary System Metabolism I: Glycolysis Metabolism II: Citric Acid (Krebs) Cycle Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation Investing in the Future: Biosynthesis Chapter 14: Smelly Biochemistry: Nitrogen in Biological Systems Ring in the Nitrogen: Purine Pyrimidine Synthesis Back to the Beginning: Catabolism Process of Elimination: The Urea Cycle Amino Acids Once Again Metabolic Disorders Part 5: Genetics: Why We Are What We Are Chapter 15: Photocopying DNA Let’s Do It Again: Replication Mendel Rolling Over: Recombinant DNA Patterns: Determining DNA Sequences Genetic Diseases and Other DNA Testing Applications Chapter 16: Transcribe This! RNA Transcription Types of RNA RNA Polymerase Requirements Making RNA: The Basics Not a Secret Any Longer: The Genetic Code Models of Gene Regulation Chapter 17: Translation: Protein Synthesis Hopefully Not Lost in Translation The Translation Team Hooking Up: Protein Synthesis Variation in Eukaryotic Cells Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 18: Ten Great Applications of Biochemistry Ames Test Pregnancy Testing HIV Testing Breast Cancer Testing Prenatal Genetic Testing PKU Screening Genetically Modified Foods Genetic Engineering Cloning Gene-Replacement Therapy Chapter 19: Ten Biochemistry Careers Research Assistant Nanotechnologist Quality Control Analyst Clinical Research Associate Technical Writer Biochemical Development Engineer Forensic Scientist Patent Attorney Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Biostatistician Index About the Authors Advertisement Page Connect with Dummies End User License Agreement