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Basic concepts of life | |
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The basic molecular themes of life | |
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Cells and viruses | |
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Energy considerations in biochemistry | |
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Structure and function of proteins and membranes | |
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The structure of proteins | |
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Methods in protein investigation | |
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Enzymes | |
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The cell membrane and membrane proteins | |
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Muscle contraction, the cytoskeleton, and molecular motors | |
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Metabolism | |
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Food digestion, absorption, distribution to the tissues and appetite control | |
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Mechanisms of transport, storage and mobilisation of dietary components | |
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Principles of energy release from food | |
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Glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and the electron transport system | |
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Energy release from fat | |
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The synthesis of fat and related compounds | |
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Synthesis of glucose (gluconeogenesis) | |
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Strategies for metabolic control and their applications to carbohydrate and fat metabolism | |
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Why should there be an alternative pathway of glucose oxidation? | |
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The pentose phosphate pathway | |
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Raising electrons of water back up the energy scale - photosynthesis | |
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Amino acid metabolism | |
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Nucleotide synthesis and metabolism | |
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Information storage and utilisation | |
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Genome | |
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DNA synthesis, repair and recombination | |
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Gene transcription and control | |
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Protein synthesis and controlled protein breakdown | |
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The RNA world - RNA microgenes and RNA interference | |
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Protein sorting and delivery | |
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Cell signalling | |
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Manipulating DNA and genes | |
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Molecular biology in health and disease | |
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Special topics: blood clotting, xenobiotic metabolism, oxygen free radicals | |
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The immune system | |
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The cell cycle and its control | |
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Apoptosis | |
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Cancer | |