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Preface | |
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Publisher's Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction: Organic Chemistry Review | |
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Brief Review of Organic Chemistry | |
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Acids, Bases, and Buffers | |
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Carbohydrate Structure | |
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Proteoglycans, Glycoproteins, and Glycolipids | |
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Amino Acids | |
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Lipids | |
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Membranes | |
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Nucleotides | |
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Review Test | |
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Protein Structure and Function | |
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General Aspects of Protein Structure | |
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Examples of Medically Important Proteins | |
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Review Test | |
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Enzymes | |
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General Properties of Enzymes | |
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Dependence of Velocity on Enzyme and Substrate Concentrations, Temperature, and pH | |
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The Michaelis-Menten Equation | |
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The Lineweaver-Burk Plot | |
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Inhibitors | |
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Allosteric Enzymes | |
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Regulation of Enzyme Activity by Post-Translational (Covalent) Modification | |
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Regulation by Protein-Protein Interactions | |
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Isoenzymes | |
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Review Test | |
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Biochemistry of Digestion | |
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Digestion of Carbohydrates | |
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Digestion of Dietary Triacylglycerol | |
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Protein Digestion and Amino Acid Absorption | |
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Review Test | |
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Glycolysis | |
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General Overview | |
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Transport of Gulcose into cells | |
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Reaction of Glycolysis | |
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Special Reactions in Red Blood Cells | |
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Regulatory Enzymes of Glycolysis | |
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The Fate of Pyruvate | |
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Generation of Adenosine Triphosphate by Glycolysis | |
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Review Test | |
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The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle, Electron Transport Chain, and Oxidative Metabolism | |
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The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle | |
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Electron Transport Chain and Oxidative Phosphorylation | |
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Reactive Oxygen Species | |
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Review Test | |
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Glycogen Metabolism | |
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Overview of Glycogen Structure and Metabolism | |
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Glycogen Structure | |
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Glycogen Synthesis | |
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Glycogen Degradation | |
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Lysosomal Degradation of Glycogen | |
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Regulation of Glycogen Degradation | |
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Regulation of Glycogen Synthesis | |
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Review Test | |
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Gluconeogenesis and the Maintenance of Blood Glucose Levels | |
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Overview | |
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Reactions of Gluconeogenesis | |
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Maintenance of Blood Glucose Levels | |
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Review Test | |
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Miscellaneous Carbohydrate Metabolism | |
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Fructose and Galactose Metabolism | |
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Pentose Phosphate Pathway | |
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Proteoglycans, Glycoproteins, and Glycolipids | |
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Review Test | |
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Fatty Acid Metabolism | |
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Fatty Acid and Triacylglycerol Synthesis | |
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Formation of Triacylglycerol Stores in Adipose Tissue | |
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Fatty Acid Oxidation | |
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High Yield Comparison from Fatty Acid Synthesis and Oxidation | |
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Review Test | |
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Cholesterol Metabolism and Blood Lipoproteins | |
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Cholesterol and Bile Salt Metabolism | |
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Blood Lipoproteins | |
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Review Test | |
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Ketones and Other Lipid Derivatives | |
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Ketone Body Synthesis and Utilization | |
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Phospholipid and Sphingolipid Metabolism | |
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Metabolism of the Eicosanoids | |
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Synthesis of the Steroid Hormones | |
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Review Test | |
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Amino Acid Metabolism | |
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Addition and Removal of Amino Acid Nitrogen | |
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Urea Cycle | |
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Synthesis and Degradation of Amino Acids | |
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Review Test | |
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Products Derived From Amino Acids | |
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Special Products Derived from Amino Acids | |
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Tetrahydrofolate and S-Adenosylmethionine: The One-Carbon Carriers | |
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Review Test | |
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Nucleotide and Porphyrin Metabolism | |
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Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism | |
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Heme Metabolism | |
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Review Test | |
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Integrative Metabolism and Nutrition | |
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Metabolic Fuels and Dietary Requirements | |
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Metabolism During the Fed or Absorptive State | |
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Fasting | |
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Prolonged Fasting (Starvation) | |
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Biochemical Functions of Tissues | |
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Review Test | |
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Molecular Endocrinology | |
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General Mechanisms of Hormone Action | |
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Regulation of Hormone Levels | |
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Actions of Specific Hormones | |
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Review Test | |
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DNA Replication and Transcription | |
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Nucleic Acid Structure | |
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Synthesis of DNA (Replication) | |
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Synthesis of RNA (Transcription) | |
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Review Test | |
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RNA Translation and Protein Synthesis | |
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Protein Synthesis (Translation of Messenger RNA) | |
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Regulation of Protein Synthesis | |
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Review Test | |
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Genetics | |
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Chromosomes | |
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Cell Cycle | |
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Control of the Cell Cycle | |
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Meiosis | |
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Gene Dosage | |
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Fundamentals of Mendelian Genetics | |
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The Punnett Square | |
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Modes of Inheritance | |
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Moderators of Inheritance | |
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Hardy-Weinberg Principle | |
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Genetic Testing | |
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Review Test | |
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Biochemistry of Cancer | |
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Oncogenes | |
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Tumor-Suppressor Genes | |
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Apoptosis | |
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Mechanism of Oncogenesis | |
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Molecular Carcinogenesis | |
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DNA Repair and Carcinogenesis | |
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Molecular Progression of Cancer | |
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Molecular Markers in Cancer Biology | |
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Review Test | |
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Techniques in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetics | |
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Biotechnology Involving Recombinant DNA | |
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Technology Involving Proteins | |
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Review Test | |
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Comprehensive Examination | |
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Index | |