This Web site is designed to enhance the learning of biochemistry through multimedia Web technologies. Below is a list of Web content keyed by chapter of the Garrett and Grisham Biochemistry, Second Edition:
Chapter 1: Molecular Components of Cells
Hot Topic - HIV and AIDS
Hot Topic - The HIV Lifecycle
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Chapter 2: Water, pH, Ionic Equilibria
Difficult Concept - Acids, Bases, and pH
Difficult Concept - Buffers
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Chapter 3: Thermodynamics of Biological Systems
Difficult Concept - Entropy
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Chapter 4: Amino Acids
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Chapter 5: Biological Functions and Primary Structure
Structure Tutorial - Myoglobin
Hot Topic - Genetically Modified Foods Detection
Hot Topic - Biochemistry of Love
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Chapter 6: Proteins, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary Structure
Structure Tutorial - Serum Albumin and the Use of Chime
Structure Tutorial - The Alpha Helix
Structure Tutorial - Myoglobin
Structure Tutorial - Class I Major Histocompatibility Complex
Hot Topic - Vitamin C and Scurvy
Hot Topic - NMR in Biochemistry
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Chapter 7: Carbohydrates
Difficult Concept - Chirality
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Chapter 8: Lipids
Hot Topic - Olestra
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Chapter 9: Membranes and Cell Surfaces
Hot Topic - Genetically Modified Foods
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Chapter 10: Membrane Transport
Animation - Sodium/Potassium Pump
Hot Topic - New Glucose Monitors for Diabetes
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Chapter 11: Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids
Animation - The Nucleic Acids Memory Game
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Chapter 12: Structure of Nucleic Acids
Structure Tutorial - Nucleic Acids
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Chapter 13: Recombinant DNA
Hot Topic - Mammalian Cloning
Hot Topic - Genetically Engineered Foods and Animals
Hot Topic - Genetically Modified Foods Detection
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Chapter 14: Enzyme Kinetics
Hot Topic - Pre-Steady-State Kinetics
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Chapter 15: Enzyme Specificity and Regulation
Structure Tutorial - Myoglobin
Hot Topic - Building a Better Bandage
Hot Topic -Nonvertebrate Hemoglobins
Hot Topic - Alternative (Non-Hemoglobin) Oxygen Carriers
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Chapter 16: Mechanisms of Enzyme Action
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Chapter 17: Molecular Motors
Hot Topic - Biochemistry of Love
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Chapter 18: Metabolism: An Overview
Hot Topic - Vitamin C and Scurvy
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Chapter 19: Glycolysis
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Chapter 20: The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle
Animation - The Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex
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Chapter 21: Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
Animation - The Electron Transport Chain and Oxidative Phosphorylation
Difficult Concept - Oxidation and Reduction
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Chapter 22: Photosynthesis
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Chapter 23: Gluconeogenesis, Glycogen Metabolism, Pentose Phosphate Pathway
Hot Topic - New Glucose Monitors for Diabetes
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Chapter 24: Fatty Acid Catabolism
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Chapter 25: Lipid Biosynthesis
Animation - Fatty Acid Activation and Transport
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Chapter 26: Nitrogen Acquisition and Amino Acid Metabolism
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Chapter 27: Synthesis and Degradation of Nucleotides
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Chapter 28: Metabolic Integration
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Chapter 29: DNA Genetic Information, Recombination, and Mutation
Structure Tutorial - Class I Major Histocompatibility Complex
Hot Topic - Mammalian Cloning
Hot Topic - Prions and Mad Cow Disease
Hot Topic - DNA Vaccines and the Gene Gun
Hot Topic - Immunotoxins
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Chapter 30: DNA Replication and Repair
Hot Topic - HIV Therapies
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Chapter 31: Transcription and the Regulation of Gene Expression
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Chapter 32: The Genetic Code
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Chapter 33: Protein Synthesis and Degradation
Hot Topic - Immunotoxins
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Chapter 34: The Reception and Transmission of Extracellular Information
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