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Organic chemistry of life; readings from Scientific American. With introductions by Melvin Calvin and William A. Pryor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Readings from Scientific AmericanPublication details: San Francisco : W.H. Freeman, [1973]Description: xii, 452 p. illus. 30 cm. ; pbkISBN:
  • 0716708841
  • 0716708833 (pbk.)
  • 9780716708841
Uniform titles:
  • Scientific American.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 572
Contents:
Carbon cycle -- Chemical elements of life -- Shapes of organic molecules -- Steroids -- Alkaloids -- Hormones of the hypothalamus -- Cyclic AMP -- Prostaglandins -- Analgesic drugs -- Barbiturates -- Halluciongenic drugs -- Stereochemical theory of odor -- L-asparagine and leukemia -- Induction of Interferon -- Pheromones.
Giant molecules -- Proteins -- Chemical structure of proteins -- Automatic synthesis of proteins -- Three-dimensional structure of an enzyme molecule -- Insulin molecule -- Structure and history of an ancient protein -- Enzymes bound to artificial matrixes -- Structure of the hereditary material -- Nucleotide sequence of a nucleic acid -- Synthesis of DNA -- Recognition of DNA in bacteria -- RNA-directed DNA systhesis.
Structure of cell membranes -- Membrane of the mitochondrion -- Bacterial cell wall.
Energy transformation in the cell -- Metabolism of fats -- How proteins start -- Protein-digesting enzymes -- Genetic code: II -- Genetic code of a virus -- Chemical fossils -- Chemical effects of light -- How light interacts with living matter -- Ultraviolet radiation and nucleic acid -- Path of carbon in photosynthesis -- Mechanism of photosynthesis -- Molecular isomers in vision -- Memory and protein systhesis -- Human cells and aging -- Free radicals in biological systems.
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Bibliography: p. [439]-447.

Carbon cycle -- Chemical elements of life -- Shapes of organic molecules -- Steroids -- Alkaloids -- Hormones of the hypothalamus -- Cyclic AMP -- Prostaglandins -- Analgesic drugs -- Barbiturates -- Halluciongenic drugs -- Stereochemical theory of odor -- L-asparagine and leukemia -- Induction of Interferon -- Pheromones.

Giant molecules -- Proteins -- Chemical structure of proteins -- Automatic synthesis of proteins -- Three-dimensional structure of an enzyme molecule -- Insulin molecule -- Structure and history of an ancient protein -- Enzymes bound to artificial matrixes -- Structure of the hereditary material -- Nucleotide sequence of a nucleic acid -- Synthesis of DNA -- Recognition of DNA in bacteria -- RNA-directed DNA systhesis.

Structure of cell membranes -- Membrane of the mitochondrion -- Bacterial cell wall.

Energy transformation in the cell -- Metabolism of fats -- How proteins start -- Protein-digesting enzymes -- Genetic code: II -- Genetic code of a virus -- Chemical fossils -- Chemical effects of light -- How light interacts with living matter -- Ultraviolet radiation and nucleic acid -- Path of carbon in photosynthesis -- Mechanism of photosynthesis -- Molecular isomers in vision -- Memory and protein systhesis -- Human cells and aging -- Free radicals in biological systems.

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