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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: How Life Works

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Immerse yourself in life at its most fundamental level. An acclaimed educator presents a sweeping survey of biochemistry and molecular biology—the “science of us.”

Syllabus

  • 01: Biochemistry Is the Science of Us
  • 02: Why Water Is Essential for Life
  • 03: Amino Acids: 20 Building Blocks of Life
  • 04: From Peptide Bonds to Protein Structure
  • 05: Protein Folding, Misfolding, and Disorder
  • 06: Hemoglobin Function Follows Structure
  • 07: Enzymes’ Amazing Speed and Specificity
  • 08: Enzyme Regulation in Cells
  • 09: Fatty Acids, Fats, and Other Lipids
  • 10: Sugars: Glucose and the Carbohydrates
  • 11: ATP and Energy Transformations in Cells
  • 12: Breaking Down Sugars and Fatty Acids
  • 13: Metabolism Meets at the Citric Acid Cycle
  • 14: Energy Harvesting in Animals and Plants
  • 15: How Animals Make Carbs and Fats
  • 16: Cholesterol, Membranes, Lipoproteins
  • 17: Metabolic Control during Exercise and Rest
  • 18: How Plants Make Carbs and Other Metabolites
  • 19: Recycling Nitrogen: Amino Acids, Nucleotides
  • 20: Eating, Antioxidants, and the Microbiome
  • 21: Hormones, Stress, and Cell Division
  • 22: Neurotransmitters, the Brain, and Addiction
  • 23: The Biochemistry of Our Senses
  • 24: From Biochemistry to Molecular Biology
  • 25: DNA and RNA: Information in Structure
  • 26: DNA Replication in Bacteria; PCR in the Lab
  • 27: Chromosome Replication, Telomeres, Aging
  • 28: DNA Mismatch and Excision Repair
  • 29: DNA Recombination, Gene Editing, CRISPR
  • 30: Transcribing DNA to RNA
  • 31: Translating RNA into Proteins
  • 32: Protein-Synthesis Controls and Epigenetics
  • 33: Human Genetic Disease and Gene Therapy
  • 34: Cancer Mechanisms and Treatments
  • 35: Biotechnology, Stem Cells, Synthetic Biology
  • 36: Omics: Genomics, Proteomics, Transcriptomics
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Kevin Ahern

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