Harper’s (2012 Edition) Reading List

Lecture Title Chapter
Chemistry of Life / The Cell  1 (pgs. 1-6)
Molecules of Life / Water  2 (pgs. 7-15)
Acidosis/Alkalosis 2 (pgs. 7-15)
Amino Acids/Proteins 3 (pgs. 17-24); 5 (pgs. 35-42)
Protein Synthesis and Maturation 37 (pgs. 395-410)
Proteins: Globular, Membrane, Fibrous 5 (pgs. 42-47); 40( 463-464);47 ( 568-588)
Proteins-Structural 48 (pgs. 589-607)
Membranes I & II 40 (pgs. 459-477);47 (pgs. 568-588)
Myoglobin/Hemoglobin (begin "Gas Transport") 6 (pgs. 48-56)
Gas Transport / Antibodies and Antigens 6 (pgs. 48-56); 50 (pgs. 644-649)
Enzymes: Catalysis and Kinetics 8 (pgs. 70-83)
Enzymes: Isozymes and Regulation 9 (pgs. 84-93)
Enzyme Mechanisms-Serine Proteases 7 (pgs. 57-69)

Overview of Nutrients / Vitamins of CHO & N2 Metabolism

43 (pgs. 517-524) ;44 (pgs. 525-542)

Cobalamin, Folic Acid, Antioxidants 44 (pgs. 525-542)
Nucleotides: Composition and Structure      32 (pgs. 323-330)
Purine/Pyrimidine Metabolism 33 (pgs. 331-342)
DNA Synthesis 35 (pgs. 354-376)
DNA Mutation and Repair 35 (pgs. 354-376)
RNA Synthesis 36 (pgs. 377-394)
Overview of Carbohydrate Metabolism 14(pgs. 132-139); 16 (pgs.151-162)

Intro To & Thermodynamics in Metabolism

11 (pgs.109-114)

Glycolysis                               18 (pgs. 170-177)

Citric Acid Cycle                                      

17 (pgs. 163-169)
Glycogen                                19 (pgs. 178-186)
PPP / Gluconeogenesis                                            20 (pgs. 187-196); 21(pgs. 197-206)
Electron Transport                               13 (pgs. 121-132)

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