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Sumário “...Introduction -- Basics of protein structure -- Basics of nucleic acid structure -- The basics of lipids and membrane structure -- Enzymes -- Metabolism of DNA : replication and recombination -- Transcription -- Protein synthesis : translation -- Protein folding and degradation -- Membrane proteins -- Signal transduction -- Cell motility and transport -- Structural aspects of cell : cell interactions -- The immune system -- Virus structure and function -- Structural biology and the evolution of biomacromolecules....”

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Assuntos “...Biological transport Congresses....”

“...Essential cell biology 2...”

Sumário “...Molecular components of cells -- Facts of life: chemistry is the logic of biological phenomena -- Water: the medium of life -- Thermodynamics of biological systems -- Amino acids and the peptide bond -- Proteins: their primary structure and biological functions -- Proteins: secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structure -- Carbohydrates and the glycoconjugates of cell surfaces -- Lipids -- Membranes and membrane transport -- Nucleotides and nucleic acids -- Structure of nucleic acids -- Recombinant DNA: cloning and creation of chimeric genes -- Protein dynamics -- Enzymes: kinetics and specificity -- Mechanisms of enzyme action -- Enzyme regulation -- Molecular motors -- Metabolism and its regulation -- Metabolism: an overview -- Glycolysis -- Tricarboxylic acid cycle -- Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation -- Photosynthesis -- Gluconeogenesis, glycogen metabolism, and the pentose phosphate pathway -- Fatty acid catabolism -- Lipid biosynthesis -- Nitrogen acquisition and amino acid metabolism -- Synthesis and degradation of nucleotides -- Metabolic integration and organ specialization -- Information transfer -- DNA metabolism: replication, recombination, and repair -- Transcription and the regulation of gene expression -- Protein synthesis -- Completing the protein life cycle: folding, processing, and degradation -- Reception and transmission of extracellular information....”

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Sumário “...Section I: Fundamentals: Thermodynamics for molecular biology -- Noncovalent interactions between atoms and molecules -- Aqueous solutions -- Kinetics: a brief review -- Isotopes and radioactivity -- Mass spectrometry ; Section II: Visualizing macromolecules : Scattering of radiation by molecules -- Microscopy and scanning probes -- Crystallography ; Section III: Spectroscopy : Absorption and emission of light -- Circular dichroism -- Vibrational spectroscopy -- Nuclear magnetic resonance -- Electron magnetic / paramagnetic / spin resonance ; Section IV: Transport in solution : Hydrodynamics: Movements of molecules in solution -- Sedimentation by centrifugation -- Electrophoresis -- Molecular sieves: gel filtration / size exclusion chromatography ; Section V: Interactions between molecules : Ligand binding -- Chromatography -- Interactions of immobilized macromolecules....”