Main description:

This Cengage Technology Edition is the result of an innovative and collaborative development process. The textbook retains the hallmark approach of this respected text, whilst presenting the content in a print and digital hybrid that has been tailored to meet the rapidly developing demands of today's lecturers and students. This blended solution offers a streamlined textbook for greater accessibility and convenience, complemented by a bolstered online presence, for a truly multi-faceted learning experience. Continuing Garrett and Grisham's innovative conceptual and organizing 'Essential Questions' framework, Biochemistry, Cengage Technology Edition 5e, guides students through course concepts in a way that reveals the beauty and usefulness of biochemistry in the everyday world. Offering a balanced and streamlined presentation, this edition has been updated throughout with new material and revised presentations. For the first time, this book is integrated with OWL, a powerful online learning system for chemistry that engages students and improves learning outcomes.

Contents:

1. The Facts of Life: Chemistry is the Logic of Biological Phenomena 2. Water: The Medium of Life 3. Technology Chapter: See your eBook to access Chapter 3 Thermodynamics of Biological Systems # 4. Amino Acids and the Peptide Bond 5. Proteins: Their Primary Structure and Biological Functions 6. Proteins: Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary Structure 7. Carbohydrates and the Glycoconjugates of Cell Surfaces 8. Technology Chapter: See your eBook to access Chapter 8 Lipids 9. Membranes and Membrane Transport 10. Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids 11. Structure of Nucleic Acids 12. Technology Chapter: See your eBook to access Chapter 12 Recombinant DNA: Cloning and Creation of Chimeric Genes 13. Enzymes-Kinetics and Specificity 14. Mechanisms of Enzyme Action 15. Enzyme Regulation 16. Technology Chapter: See your eBook to access Chapter 16 Molecular Motors 17. Metabolism: An Overview 18. Glycolysis 19. The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle 20. Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation 21. Technology Chapter: See your eBook to access Chapter 21 Photosynthesis 22. 22 Gluconeogenesis, Glycogen Metabolism, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway 23. Technology Chapter: See your eBook to access Chapter 23 Fatty Acid Catabolism 24. Technology Chapter: See your eBook to access Chapter 24 Lipid Biosynthesis 25. Technology Chapter: See your eBook to access Chapter 25 Nitrogen Acquisition and Amino Acid Metabolism 26. Technology Chapter: See your eBook to access Chapter 26 Synthesis and Degradation of Nucleotides 27. Metabolic Integration and Organ Specialization 28. DNA Metabolism: Replication, Recombination, and Repair 29. Transcription and the Regulation of Gene Expression 30. Protein Synthesis 31. Technology Chapter: See your eBook to access Chapter 31 Completing the Protein Cycle: Folding, Processing and Degradation 32. The Reception and Transmission of Extracellular Information