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| Introduction to the Chemical Reactions of the Cell | |
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| Chemistry, energy, and metabolism | |
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| Enzymes | |
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| Structure of Proteins and Membranes | |
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| The structure of proteins | |
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| The cell membrane | |
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| Metabolism | |
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| Digestion and absorption of food | |
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| Preliminary outline of fuel distribution and utilization by the different tissues of the body | |
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| Biochemical mechanisms involved in food transport, storage, and mobilization | |
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| Energy release from foodstuffs - a preliminary overview | |
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| Glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and the electron transport system: reactions involved in these pathways | |
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| Energy release from fat | |
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| A switch from catabolic to anabolic metabolism - first the synthesis of fat and related compounds in the body | |
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| Synthesis of glucose in the body (gluconeogenesis) | |
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| Strategies for metabolic control and their application to carbohydrate and fat metabolism | |
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| Why should there be an alternative pathway of glucose oxidation? - 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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| Cellular disposal of unwanted molecules | |
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| Enzymic protective mechanisms in the body | |
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| Nucleotide metabolism | |
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| Information Storage and Utilization | |
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| DNA - its structure and arrangement in cells | |
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| DNA synthesis and repair | |
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| Gene transcription - the first step in the mechanism by which genes direct protein synthesis | |
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| Eukaryotic gene transcription and control | |
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| Gene cloning, reProtein synthesis, intracellular transport, and degradation | |
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| How are newly sythesised proteins delivered to their correct destinations - protein targeting | |
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| Cell signalling | |
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| The immune system | |
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| Viruses and viroids | |
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| Gene cloning, recombinant DNA technology, genetic engineering | |
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| Molecular biology of cancer | |
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| Transport of Oxygen and Co2 | |
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| The red blood cell and role of hemoglobin | |
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| Mechanical Work by Cells | |
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| Muscle contraction | |
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| The cytoskeleton, molecular motors and intracellular transport answers to problems | |