Introducing biological energetics : how energy and information control the living world /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cheetham, Norman W. H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Colección:Oxford biology.
Temas:
Bioenergetics.
Energy metabolism.
Energy Metabolism
Bioénergétique.
Métabolisme énergétique.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biochemistry.
Energy metabolism
Bioenergetics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Flow of Energy in Living Systems
  • References
  • 2. Origins: The Early Earth
  • General references
  • References
  • 3. Force and Energy Explored
  • 3.1 Gravitational force
  • 3.2 The electromagnetic force
  • 3.3 The strong nuclear force
  • 3.4 The weak nuclear force
  • References
  • 4. Which Way? An Introduction to Thermodynamics
  • General references
  • References
  • 5. The Building Blocks
  • General references
  • References
  • 6. How Fast, How Far? Chemical Kinetics and Equilibrium
  • General references
  • References
  • 7. The Strange Story of Water and Oil
  • General references
  • References
  • 8. Size Matters: Proteins and Enzymes
  • 8.1 Principles of protein structure
  • 8.2 Some very special molecules: enzymes
  • 8.3 Regulation of enzyme activity
  • 8.4 Coenzymes, vitamins, and enzyme classification
  • References
  • 9. Molecular Genetics-the Chemical Basis of Heredity
  • General references
  • 10. Electron Gymnastics: Energy Revisited
  • 10.1 How many ATP molecules are produced when electrons traverse the entire ETC?
  • 10.2 What about the rotary engine?
  • References
  • 11. Cells and Metabolism: Putting it all Together
  • 11.1 General aspects of metabolism
  • 11.2 Glycolysis
  • 11.3 The reactions of glycolysis
  • 11.4 The pentose phosphate pathway
  • 11.5 The citric acid or tricarboxylic acid cycle
  • 11.6 Regulation of the citric acid cycle
  • General references
  • References
  • 12. From Prokaryotes to Eukaryotes: Getting Ready for Multicellular Life
  • General references
  • References
  • 13. Multicellular Life: The Last Hurdle?
  • 13.1 Multicellularity arrives
  • 13.2 The evolution of plants
  • 13.3 The evolution of fungi
  • 13.4 The evolution of animals
  • 13.5 The organization of the mammalian body
  • General references
  • References
  • Appendix A: Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Appendix B: Glycolysis
  • Appendix C: TCA Cycle
  • Appendix D: The Calvin Cycle in Photosynthesis, Showing Chemical Structures of the Intermediates, and the Enzymes Involved in each Step
  • Appendix E: Amino Acid Structures
  • Index.

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