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Title Medical biochemistry / John W. Baynes, Marek H. Dominiczak.
Author Baynes, John W., author.
Edition Fourth edition.
Publisher Edinburgh : Saunders/Elsevier, 2014.

Status Loan Type Location Shelf-mark
 In Library  Standard  James Ireland Library  Medicine BC8 2014-B  
 In Library  Standard  James Herriot Library  Medicine BC8 2014-B  
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Description xxi, 636 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm
ISBN 9781455745807 paperback
Note Previous edition: Edinburgh: Mosby, 2009.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction / John W. Baynes and Marek H. Dominiczak -- Amino acids and proteins / Ryoji Nagai and Naoyuki Taniguchi -- Carbohydrates and lipids / John W. Baynes -- Blood and plasma proteins / Marek H. Dominiczak and William D. Fraser -- Oxygen transport / Norma Frizzell and George M. Helmkamp Jr. -- Catalytic proteins -- enzymes / Junichi Fujii -- Hemostasis and thrombosis / Gordan D.O. Lowe and Catherine N. Bagot -- Membranes and transport / Masatomo Maeda -- Bioenergetics and oxidative metabolism / L. William Stillway -- Digestion and absorption of nutrients: the gastrointestinal tract / Marek H. Dominiczak, Matthew Priest, Utkarsh V. Kulkarni and John I. Broom -- Vitamins and minerals / Marek H. Dominiczak and John I. Broom -- Anaerobic metabolism of glucose in the red blood cell / John W. Baynes -- Carbohydrate storage and synthesis in liver and muscle / John W. Baynes -- The tricarboxylic acid cycle / L. William Stillway -- Oxidative metabolism of lipids in liver and muscle / John W. Baynes -- Biosynthesis and storage of fatty acids / Fredrik Karpe and John I. Broom -- Biosynthesis of cholesterol and steroids / Marek H. Dominiczak, Graham Beastall and A. Michael Wallace -- Lipoprotein metabolism and atherogenesis / Marek H. Dominiczak -- Biosynthesis and degradation of amino acids / Allen B. Rawitch -- Muscle: energy metabolism and contraction / John W. Baynes and Matthew C. Kostek -- Glucose homeostasis and fuel metabolism: diabetes mellitus / Marek H. Dominiczak -- Nutrition and energy balance / Marek H. Dominiczak and Jennifer Logue -- Role of kidneys in metabolism / Marek H. Dominiczak and Miroslawa Szczepanska-Konkel -- Water and electrolyte homeostasis / Marek H. Dominiczak and Miroslawa Szczepanska-Konkel -- Regulation of hydrogen ion concentration (acid-base balance) / Marek H. Dominiczak and Miroslawa Szczepanska-Konkel -- Bone metabolism and calcium homeostasis / Marek H. Dominiczak and William D. Fraser -- Complex carbohydrates: glycoproteins / Alan D. Elbein and Koichi Honke -- Complex lipids / Alan D. Elbein and Koichi Honke -- The extracellular matrix / Gur P. Kaushal, Alan D. Elbein and Wayne E. Carver -- Role of the liver in metabolism / Alan F. Jones -- Biosynthesis and degradation of nucleotides / Alejandro Gugliucci and Robert Thornburg -- Deoxyribonucleic acid / Robert Thornburg and Alejandro Gugliucci -- Ribonucleic acid / Gary A. Bannon and Robert Thornburg -- Protein synthesis and turnover / Jeffrey R. Patton and Gary A. Bannon -- Regulation of gene expression: basic mechanisms / Jeffrey R. Patton, D. Margaret Hunt and Andrew Jamieson -- Regulation of gene expression: genomics, proteomics and metabolomics / Andrew R. Pitt and Walter Kolch -- Oxygen and life / John W. Baynes -- The immune response / J. Alastair Gracie and Alex Farrell -- Biochemical endocrinology / Robert K. Semple -- Membrane receptors and signal transduction / Ian P. Salt, Margaret M. Harnett and Helen S. Goodridge -- Neurotransmitters / Simon J.R. Heales -- Neurochemistry / Hanna Bielarczyk, Andrzej Szutowicz and Edward J. Thompson -- Cellular homeostasis: cell growth and cancer / Alison M. Michie, Verica Paunovic and Margaret M. Harnett -- Aging / John W. Baynes -- Appendix 1. Selected clinical laboratory reference ranges / Yee Ping Teoh and Marek H. Dominiczak -- Appendix 2. The fundamentals of recombinant DNA technology: molecular hybridization and DNA cloning / W. Stephen Kistler.
Summary "Brought to you in a thorough yet accessible manner, the new edition of Medical Biochemistry gives access to all of the latest information on basic and clinically focused genetic and molecular biology. Featuring a team of contributors that includes investigators involved in cutting-edge research as well as experienced clinicians, this updated medical textbook offers a unique combination of both research and practice that's ideal for today's problem-based integrated courses." -- Provided by publisher.
Library Class Medicine BC8
Subject Biochemistry.
Clinical biochemistry.
Other Author Dominiczak, Marek H., author.

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