Includes index.;Rev. ed. of: Biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics / Todd A. Swanson, Sandra I. Kim, Marc J. Glucksman. 5th ed. c2010.

Fuel metabolism and nutrition, basic principles -- Basic aspects of biochemistry : organic chemistry, acid-base chemistry, amino acids, protein structure and function, and enzyme kinetics -- Gene expression (transcription), synthesis of proteins (translation), and regulation of gene expression -- Cell biology, signal transduction, and the molecular biology of cancer -- Generation of ATP from metabolic fuels and oxygen toxicity -- Carbohydrate metabolism -- Lipid and ethanol metabolism -- Nitrogen metabolism? Amino acids, purines, pyrimidines, and products derived from amino acids -- Molecular endocrinology and overview of tissue metabolism -- Human genetics : an introduction.