Includes index.;Rev. ed. of: Biochemistry / Dawn B. Marks. 3rd ed. c1999.

Biomolecules: life's building blocks -- Protein structure/function -- Enzymes and kinetics -- Bioenergetics -- The biochemistry of digestion -- Glycolysis -- The tricarboxylic acid cycle -- The electron transport chain and oxidative metabolism -- Glycogen metabolism -- Gluconeogenesis and the maintenance of blood glucose levels -- Miscellaneous carbohydrate metabolism -- Fatty acid and triacylglycerol synthesis -- Fatty acid oxidation -- Cholesterol metabolism and blood lipoproteins -- Ketones and other lipid derivatives -- Amino acid metabolism -- Products derived from amino acids -- Nucleotide and porphyrin metabolism -- Integrative metabolism and nutrition -- Molecular endocrinology -- DNA replication and transcription -- RNA translation and protein synthesis -- The biochemistry of cancer -- Techniques in biochemistry and molecular biology.