This note covers the following topics: Basic
Chemistry of Amino Acids, Carbohydrates, Lipids and Nucleic Acids, Ionic
Equilibria, Biological Membranes and Transport, Protein Structure and Analysis,
Hemoglobin and Myoglobin, Enzyme Kinetics, Vitamins and Minerals, Glycolysis:
Regulating Blood Glucose, Fructose Metabolism, Ethanol Metabolism Non-Glucose
Sugar Metabolism, Gluconeogenesis, Glycogen Metabolism, Diseases and Disorders,
Adipose Tissue: Not Just Fat, Gut-Brain: Control of Feeding Behaviors, Obesity:
Metabolic Consequences, The Metabolic Syndrome: MetS, Diabetes and Insulin
Action.
The book deals with basic issues and
some of the recent developments in biochemistry. Particular emphasis is devoted
to both theoretical and experimental aspect of modern biochemistry.
Medical biochemistry is an essential component of curriculum for all
categories of health professionals. This lecture note on Medical biochemistry
integrates and summarizes the essentials of the core subject. Topics covered
includes: Conformation of biomolecules, structure and their relationship to
biological activity, synthesis and degradation of major metabolites, Production
and storage of energy, Biocatalysts and their application, Intercellular
communication by hormones, Molecular events in gene expression and regulation.
Author(s): The Carter Center, The Ethiopia Ministry
of Health
This note covers the following topics: Principles of development in biology, Early embryonic development, Later
embryonic development, Ramifications of developmental biology.
This lecture note covers the following topics: Introduction and
Innate Immunity, Antigens, Receptors and Immunoglobulins, Antigen Antibody
Reactions, Activation of Adaptive Immunity, Effector Mechanisms, Humoral Immune
Response, Anaphylactic Hypersensitivity and Mucosal Immunity.
This lecture note
covers the following topics: Glycolysis is Energy Conversion, Glyceraldehyde
Phosphate Dehydrogenase, Phosphoglycerate Kinase, Phosphoglycerate Mutase,
Enolase, Net Reaction, Maintaining Redox Balance, NAD + Binding, Control of
Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, Formation of Phosphoenopyruvate, Oxaloacetate
Shuttle, High-Energy Phosphate Bonds, Regulation of Glycolysis and
Gluconeogenesis.
This lecture note
covers the following topics: Man As Physiochemical System, The Water
Balance In Man And Solutes, Modifications And Changes Of Water Balance In Man
And Solutes, Cell, The Epithelia And Regulation Of Water Flows, And Product
Solute Secretion, Epitelio Of The Tract: An Area Of Absorption And A Limit Of
Magazine Body, The Kidney: A System For Serving Epithelia Excrete Water,
Electrolytes And Some Other Solutes, Hydrogen Ions Balance And Acid-base
Balance, Physical Basis Of Circulation, Excitable Tissues, Nervous Impulse
Driving, Muscle, A Very Special Tissue Excitable.
This book explains the following topics:
Minor Groove Binding Architectural Proteins: Structure, Function, and DNA
Recognition, Ubiquitin and the Control of Protein Fate in the Secretory and
Endocytic Pathways, Role of Small G Proteins in Yeast Cell Polarization and Wall
Biosynthesis, GCN5 Related N Acetyltransferases: A Structural Overview, Fast
Kinetics and Mechanisms in Protein Folding, Dynamin and its Role in Membrane
Fission, Signaling and Subcellular Targeting by Membrane Binding Domains,
Secretory Protein Trafficking and Organelle Dynamics in Living Cells, Regulation
of Phosphoinositide Specific Phospholipase C, Mechanisms of Viral Interference
with MHC Class I Antigen Processing and Presentation and Horizontal Gene
Transfer in Prokaryotes: Quantification and Classification.
Author(s): National
Center for Biotechnology Information
This book covers the following topics: GenBank: The
Nucleotide Sequence Database, Macromolecular Structure Databases, Querying and
Linking the Data, Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Database (dbSNP) of Nucleotide
Sequence Variation, Gene Expression and Hybridization Repository.