Netter's Essential Biochemistry
- 1st Edition - January 18, 2017
- Latest edition
- Author: Peter Ronner
- Language: English
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Concise writing, a focus on clinical applications, and superb illustrations make Netter’s Essential Biochemistry, by Peter Ronner, PhD, the perfect choice for a basic understanding of biochemistry.. A single expert voice, informed by the insights of a team of reviewers, provides continuity throughout the text, presenting essentials of biochemical principles step by step. Summary diagrams help you grasp key concepts quickly, and end-of-chapter questions reinforce key concepts.
- Provides a highly visual, reader-friendly approach to the challenging area of biochemistry.
- Integrates the clinical perspective throughout the text , giving context and meaning to biochemistry.
- Frames every chapter with helpful synopses and summaries, and ends each chapter with review questions that reinforce major themes.
- Illustrates key concepts with beautifully clear drawings and diagrams of biochemical processes which are supplemented with art from the renowned Netter collection, bridging basic sciences with clinical practice.
- Student Consult™ eBook version included with purchase . This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book as well as new materials (outlined above) designed to produce a more rounded learning experience.
- The Human Karyotype and the Structure of DNA
- DNA Repair and Therapy of Cancer
- DNA Replication
- Clinical Tests Based on DNA or RNA
- Basic Genetics for Biochemistry
- Transcription and RNA processing
- Protein Synthesis and Posttranslational Protein Processing
- Cell Cycle and Cancer
- The Structure of Proteins and Protein Aggregates in Degenerative Diseases
- Enzymes and Consequences of Enzyme Deficiencies
- Biological Membranes
- Collagen, Collagenopathies, and Diseases of Mineralization
- Pathologic Alterations of the Extracellular Matrix that Involve Fibrillin, Elastin, or Proteoglycans
- Heme Metabolism, Porphyrias, and Hyperbilirubinemia
- Iron Metabolism: Iron-Deficiency Anemia and Iron Overload
- Erythropoiesis, Hemoglobin Function, and the CBC
- Hemoglobinopathies
- Carbohydrate Transport, Carbohydrate Malabsorption, and Lactose Intolerance
- Glycolysis and its Regulation by Hormones and Hypoxia
- Fructose and Galactose Metabolism: Hereditary Fructose Intolerance and Galactosemia
- Pentose Phosphate Pathway, Oxidative Stress, and Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
- Citric Acid Cycle and Thiamine Deficiency
- Oxidative Phosphorylation and Mitochondrial Diseases
- Glycogen Metabolism and Glycogen Storage Diseases
- Gluconeogenesis and Fasting Hypoglycemia
- Insulin and Counterregulatory Hormones
- Fatty acids, Ketone Bodies, and Ketoacidosis
- Triglycerides and Hypertriglyceridemia
- Cholesterol Metabolism and Hypercholesterolemia
- Metabolism of Ethanol and the Consequences of Alcohol Dependence Syndrome
- Steroid Hormones and Vitamin D
- Eicosanoids
- Signaling
- Digestion of Dietary Protein and Net Synthesis of Protein in the Body
- Protein degradation, Amino Acid Metabolism, and Nitrogen Balance
- One-Carbon Metabolism, Folate Deficiency, and Cobalamin Deficiency
- Pyrimidine Nucleotides and Chemotherapy
- Gout and Other Diseases Related to the Metabolism of Purine Nucleotides
- Diabetes
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: January 18, 2017
- Language: English
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Peter Ronner
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania