Table of Contents

Molecular Components of Cells; Chemistry Is the Logic of Biological Phenomena; Water, Ph, And Ionic Equlibria; Thermodynamics of Biological Systems; Amino Acids; Proteins: Their Biological Functions and Primary Structure; Proteins: Secondary, Tertiary, And Quaternary Structure; Carbohydrates; Lipids; Membranes and Cell Surfaces; Membrane Transport; Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids; Structure of Nucleic Acids; Recombinant DNA: Cloning and Creation of Chimeric Genes; Enzymes; Enzyme Kinetics; Enzyme Specificity and Regulation; Mechanisms of Enzyme Action; Molecular Motors Metabolism and Its Regulations; Metabolism and Vitamins; Glycolysis; The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle; Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation; Photosynthesis; Gluconeogenesis, Glycogen Metabolism, And the Penrose Phosphate Pathway; Fatty Acid Catabolism; Lipid Biosynthesis; Nitrogen Acquisition and Amino Acid Metabolism; Synthesis and Degradation of Nucleotides; Metabolic Integration and the Unidirectionality of Pathways Information Transfer; DNA: Genetic Information, Recombination, And Mutation; DNA Replication and Repair; Transcription and the Regulation of Gene Expression; The Genetic Code; Protein Synthesis and Degradation; The Reception and Transduction of Environmental Signals