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Magazine: Hot Topics in Biochemistry

‧Green Fluorescent Protein: Jellyfish and Green Monkeys
‧DNA and Family Trees: Who Is a Relative
‧Diabetes: An Epidemic for Modern Times
‧Just One Word: Nanotechnologoy
‧Small, Smaller, Smallest: Beyond the Electron Microscope to
Single Molecules
‧HPV Vaccines: Waging the War on Cervical Cancer
‧Stem Cells: Hope or Hype?
‧Doping in Sports: Good Science Gone Bad

Chapter List:
ch 1 Biochemistry and the Organization of Cells
ch 2 Water: The Solvent for Biochemical Reactions
ch 3 Amino Acids and Peptides
ch 4 The Three-Dimensional Structure of Proteins
ch 5 Protein Purification and Characterization Techniques
ch 6 The Behavior of Proteins: Enzymes
ch 7 The Behavior of Proteins: Enzymes, Mechanisms, and Control
ch 8 Lipids and Proteins Are Associated in Biological Membranes
ch 9 Nucleic Acids: How Structure Conveys Information
ch10 Biosynthesis of Nucleic Acids: Replication
ch11 Transcription of the Genetic Code: The Biosynthesis of RNA
ch12 Protein Synthesis: Translation of the Genetic Message
ch13 Nucleic Acid Biotechnology Technique
ch14 Viruses, Cancer, and Immunology
ch15 The Importance of Energy Changes and Electron Transfer in Metabolism

ch16 Carbohydrates
ch17 Glycolysis
ch18 Storage Mechanisms and Control in Carbohydrate Metabolism
ch19 The Citric Acid Cycle
ch20 Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
ch21 Lipid Metabolism
ch22 Photosynthesis
ch23 The Metabolism of Nitrogen
ch24 Integration of Metabolism: Cellular Signaling