TY - BOOK AU - McGilvery, Robert W. AU - Goldstein, Gerald TI - Biochemistry: a functional approach SN - 721659128 AV - QP 514.2 .M34 1979 PY - 1979/// CY - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PB - W.B. Saunders Company KW - BIOCHEMISTRY N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Amino acids and peptides -- Chapter 3. The conformation of peptides chains in proteins -- Chapter 4. DNA and genetic information -- Chapter 5. Ribonucleic acids: formation and function -- Chapter 6. Replication of DNA and the cell life cycle -- Chapter 7. Alterations of DNA -- Chapter 8. Refinement of proteins -- Chapter 9. Fibrous structural proteins -- Chapter 10. Carbohydrates as structural elements -- Chapter 11. Lipids and membranes -- Chapter 12. Antibodies: defensive proteins -- Chapter 13. Binding for transport: hemoglobin and oxygen -- Chapter 14. The enzymes -- Chapter 15. Rates of enzymatic reactions -- Chapter 16. Regulation of enzymes -- Chapter 17. Hydrolases: digestion -- Chapter 18. Hydrolases: Blood clotting and complement -- Chapter 19. Biochemical energetics -- Chapter 20. Muscular Contraction N2 - This book is intended for those who wish to understand living organism, specially man. Biochemistry is essential for this purpose, but it would be almost possible for a student to survey on his own the massive body of existing knowledge, constantly augmented by a remarkable torrent of brilliant discoveries ER -