Table of Contents

* 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