Harper's (2003 Edition) Reading List

Lecture Title Chapter
Chemistry of Life / The Cell  1 (pgs. 1-4)
Molecules of Life / Water  2 (pgs. 5-13)
Acidosis/Alkalosis 2 (pgs. 5-13)
Amino Acids/Proteins 3 (pgs. 14-20)
Protein Synthesis and Maturation 38 (pgs. 358-373)
Proteins: Globular, Membrane, Fibrous 5 (pgs. 30-39)
Proteins-Structural 48 (pgs. 535-539)
Membranes I & II 41 (pgs. 415-433)
Myoglobin/Hemoglobin (begin "Gas Transport") 6 (pgs. 40-48)
Gas Transport / Antibodies and Antigens 50 (pgs. 580-597)
Enzymes: Catalysis and Kinetics 8 (pgs. 60-71)
Enzymes: Isozymes and Regulation 9 (pgs. 72-79)
Enzyme Mechanisms-Serine Proteases 7 (pgs. 49-59)

Overview of Nutrients / Vitamins of CHO & N2 Metabolism

44 (pgs. 474-480)

Cobalamin, Folic Acid, Antioxidants 45(pgs.481-497)
Nucleotides: Composition and Structure      33 (pgs. 286-292); 35(pgs. 303-313)
Purine/Pyrimidine Metabolism 34 (pgs. 293-302)
DNA Synthesis 36 (pgs. 314-340)
DNA Mutation and Repair 36 (pgs. 314-340)
RNA Synthesis 37 (pgs. 341-357)
Overview of Carbohydrate Metabolism 13(pgs. 102-110)

Intro To & Thermodynamics in Metabolism

10 (pgs.80-85)

Glycolysis                               17 (pgs. 136-144)

Citric Acid Cycle                                      

16 (pgs. 130-135)
Glycogen                                18 (pgs. 145-152)
PPP / Gluconeogenesis                                            20 (pgs. 163-172); 19(pgs. 153-162)
Electron Transport                               11 (pgs. 86-91); 12(pgs. 92-101)

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