Biochemistry : a very short introduction / Mark Lorch.
Material type: TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 674.Description: xxii, 138 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 18 cmISBN:- 9780198833871
- 0198833873
- 572 23
- QD415 .L76 2021
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD) Library | QD415 .L76 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P 3038 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1:The roots of biochemistry -- 2:Water, lipids and carbohydrates -- 3:Proteins: Nature's nano-machines -- 4:Nucleic acids: Life's blueprints -- 5:Powering a cell: Bioenergetics -- 6:Manufacturing and maintaining DNA -- 7:Following biochemistry within the cell -- 8:Biotechnology and synthetic biology.
All living things are composed of cells, which have fundamentally the same chemistry. Biochemistry is the study of reactions within these cells, and the molecules that are created, manipulated, and destroyed as a result of them. This book discusses the key concepts of biochemistry, as well as the recent discoveries and innovations in the field.--