Concise writing, a focus on clinical applications, and superb illustrations make Netter’s Essential Biochemistry, by Peter Ronner, PhD, the perfect choice for a basic understanding of biochemistry.. A single expert voice, informed by the insights of a team of reviewers, provides continuity throughout the text, presenting essentials of biochemical principles step by step. Summary diagrams help you grasp key concepts quickly, and end-of-chapter questions reinforce key concepts.
Provides a highly visual, reader-friendly approach to the challenging area of biochemistry
Integrates the clinical perspective throughout the text, giving context and meaning to biochemistry
Frames every chapter with helpful synopses and summaries, and ends each chapter with review questions that reinforce major themes
Illustrates key concepts with beautifully clear drawings and diagrams of biochemical processes which are supplemented with art from the renowned Netter collection, bridging basic sciences with clinical practice
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1. The Human Karyotype and the Structure of DNA 2. DNA Repair and Therapy of Cancer 3. DNA Replication 4. Clinical Tests Based on DNA or RNA 5. Basic Genetics for Biochemistry 6. Transcription and RNA processing 7. Protein Synthesis and Posttranslational Protein Processing 8. Cell Cycle and Cancer 9. The Structure of Proteins and Protein Aggregates in Degenerative Diseases 10. Enzymes and Consequences of Enzyme Deficiencies 11. Biological Membranes 12. Collagen, Collagenopathies, and Diseases of Mineralization 13. Pathologic Alterations of the Extracellular Matrix that Involve Fibrillin, Elastin, or Proteoglycans 14. Heme Metabolism, Porphyrias, and Hyperbilirubinemia 15. Iron Metabolism: Iron-Deficiency Anemia and Iron Overload 16. Erythropoiesis, Hemoglobin Function, and the CBC 17. Hemoglobinopathies 18. Carbohydrate Transport, Carbohydrate Malabsorption, and Lactose Intolerance 19. Glycolysis and its Regulation by Hormones and Hypoxia 20. Fructose and Galactose Metabolism: Hereditary Fructose Intolerance and Galactosemia 21. Pentose Phosphate Pathway, Oxidative Stress, and Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency 22. Citric Acid Cycle and Thiamine Deficiency 23. Oxidative Phosphorylation and Mitochondrial Diseases 24. Glycogen Metabolism and Glycogen Storage Diseases 25. Gluconeogenesis and Fasting Hypoglycemia 26. Insulin and Counterregulatory Hormones 27. Fatty acids, Ketone Bodies, and Ketoacidosis 28. Triglycerides and Hypertriglyceridemia 29. Cholesterol Metabolism and Hypercholesterolemia 30. Metabolism of Ethanol and the Consequences of Alcohol Dependence Syndrome 31. Steroid Hormones and Vitamin D 32. Eicosanoids 33. Signaling 34. Digestion of Dietary Protein and Net Synthesis of Protein in the Body 35. Protein degradation, Amino Acid Metabolism, and Nitrogen Balance 36. One-Carbon Metabolism, Folate Deficiency, and Cobalamin Deficiency 37. Pyrimidine Nucleotides and Chemotherapy 38. Gout and Other Diseases Related to the Metabolism of Purine Nucleotides 39. Diabetes
Peter Ronner, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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