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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 | |