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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 | |