Harper’s (2006 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); 4 (pgs. 21-29)
Protein Synthesis and Maturation 37 (pgs. 365-379)
Proteins: Globular, Membrane, Fibrous 5 (pgs. 30-40); 46(pgs.523-544)
Proteins-Structural 48 (pgs. 565-572)
Membranes I & II 40 (pgs. 422-441)
Myoglobin/Hemoglobin (begin "Gas Transport") 6 (pgs. 41-48)
Gas Transport / Antibodies and Antigens 6 (pgs. 41-48); 49 (pgs. 599-605)
Enzymes: Catalysis and Kinetics 8 (pgs. 61-72)
Enzymes: Isozymes and Regulation 9 (pgs. 73-81)
Enzyme Mechanisms-Serine Proteases 7 (pgs. 49-60)

Overview of Nutrients / Vitamins of CHO & N2 Metabolism

44 (pgs. 489-505)

Cobalamin, Folic Acid, Antioxidants 44 (pgs. 489-505)
Nucleotides: Composition and Structure      32 (pgs. 294-300)
Purine/Pyrimidine Metabolism 33 (pgs. 301-310)
DNA Synthesis 34 (pgs. 311-321)
DNA Mutation and Repair 35 (pgs. 322-347)
RNA Synthesis 36 (pgs. 348-364)
Overview of Carbohydrate Metabolism 14(pgs. 112-120); 16 (pgs.132-144)

Intro To & Thermodynamics in Metabolism

11 (pgs.88-93)

Glycolysis                               18 (pgs. 151-158)

Citric Acid Cycle                                      

17 (pgs. 145-150)
Glycogen                                19 (pgs. 159-166)
PPP / Gluconeogenesis                                            20 (pgs. 167-176); 21(pgs. 177-186)
Electron Transport                               13 (pgs. 100-111)

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