Biochemistry : a very short introduction / Mark Lorch.

By: Lorch, Mark [author.]Material type: Text

TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 674.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021Description: xxii, 138 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 18 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198833871; 0198833873Subject(s): Biochemistry | SCIENCE / Chemistry / General | BiochemistryDDC classification: 572 LOC classification: QD415 | .L76 2021

Contents:

1:The roots of biochemistry -- 2:Water, lipids and carbohydrates -- 3:Proteins: Nature's nano-machines -- 4:Nucleic acids: Life's blueprints -- 5:Powering a cell: Bioenergetics -- 6:Manufacturing and maintaining DNA -- 7:Following biochemistry within the cell -- 8:Biotechnology and synthetic biology.

Summary: All living things are composed of cells, which have fundamentally the same chemistry. Biochemistry is the study of reactions within these cells, and the molecules that are created, manipulated, and destroyed as a result of them. This book discusses the key concepts of biochemistry, as well as the recent discoveries and innovations in the field.-- publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

All living things are composed of cells, which have fundamentally the same chemistry. Biochemistry is the study of reactions within these cells, and the molecules that are created, manipulated, and destroyed as a result of them. This book discusses the key concepts of biochemistry, as well as the recent discoveries and innovations in the field.-- publisher's description.

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