Chapter 2. Biochemistry Fundamentals
Published Online: 19 MAR 2003
DOI: 10.1002/0471265330.ch2
Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Book Title
Bioinorganic Chemistry: A Short Course
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How to Cite
Roat-Malone, R. M. (2003) Biochemistry Fundamentals, in Bioinorganic Chemistry: A Short Course, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471265330.ch2
Publication History
- Published Online: 19 MAR 2003
- Published Print: 20 SEP 2002
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780471159766
Online ISBN: 9780471265337
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- biochemistry;
- fundamentals;
- proteins;
- nucleic acids;
- zinc-finger proteins;
- genes;
- cloning;
- amino acid building blocks
Summary
Biochemistry concerns itself with the study of life at the molecular level. An introduction to the biochemistry topics of proteins, protein kinetics, nucleic acids, and genetics is presented in this chapter. In addition, a discussion of genomics and proteomics introduces topics of current relevance. The last section of the chapter discusses zinc-finger proteins, a topic that combines information introduced in this chapter on proteins, protein analysis, DNA, DNA binding, and cloning.