BRS Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetics

• Main Authors: Lieberman, Michael 1950- (Author), Ricer, Rick E. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wolters Kluwer Health 2020
• Edition: SEVENTH EDITION
• Series: BRS
• Subjects: Biochemical Phenomena > Examination Questions; Biochemical Phenomena > Outline; Genetic Phenomena > Examination Questions; Genetic Phenomena > Outline
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Practical, approachable, and perfect for today's busy medical students and practitioners, BRS Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetics, Seventh Edition helps ensure excellence in class exams and on the USMLE Step 1. The popular Board Review Series outline format keeps content succinct and...

Table of Contents:

• Fuel metabolism and nutrition : basic principles
• Basic aspects of biochemistry : organic chemistry, acid/base chemistry, amino acids, protein structure and function, and enzyme kinetics
• Gene expression (transcription), synthesis of proteins (translation), and regulation of gene expression
• Cell biology, signal transduction, and the molecular biology of cancer
• Generation of ATP from metabolic fuels and oxygen toxicity
• Carbohydrate metabolism
• Lipid and ethanol metabolism
• Nitrogen metabolism/amino acids, purines, pyrimidines, and products derived from amino acids
• Molecular endocrinology and an overview of tissue metabolism
• Human genetics : an introduction.