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Netter's Essential Biochemistry,

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Editors: By Peter Ronner, PhD

Publication Date: 18 Jan 2017

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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.

Key Features

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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By Peter Ronner, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

ISBN: 9781929007639

Page Count: 496

Illustrations : Approx. 600 illustrations (600 in full color)

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