Part 1 Basic concepts of life 1: The basic molecular themes of life 2: Cells and viruses 3: Energy considerations in biochemistry Part 2 Structure and function of proteins and membranes 4: The structure of proteins 5: Methods in protein investigation 6: Enzymes 7: The cell membrane and membrane proteins 8: Muscle contraction, the cytoskeleton, and molecular motors Part 3 Metabolism 9: Food digestion, absorption, distribution to the tissues and appetite control 10: Mechanisms of transport, storage and mobilisation of dietary components 11: Principles of energy release from food 12: Glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and the electron transport system 13: Energy release from fat 14: The synthesis of fat and related compounds 15: Synthesis of glucose (gluconeogenesis) 16: Strategies for metabolic control and their applications to carbohydrate and fat metabolism 17: Why should there be an alternative pathway of glucose oxidation? The pentose phosphate pathway 18: Raising electrons of water back up the energy scale - photosynthesis 19: Amino acid metabolism 20: Nucleotide synthesis and metabolism Part 4 Information storage and utilisation 21: The genome 22: DNA synthesis, repair and recombination 23: Gene transcription and control 24: Protein synthesis and controlled protein breakdown 25: The RNA world - RNA microgenes and RNA interference 26: Protein sorting and delivery 27: Cell signalling 28: Manipulating DNA and genes Part 5 Molecular biology in health and disease 29: Special topics: blood clotting, xenobiotic metabolism, reactive oxygen species 30: The immune system 31: The cell cycle and its control 32: Apoptosis 33: Cancer
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