Chapter 2. From Water to DNA: The Chemistry of Life

  1. Stephen R. Bolsover1,
  2. Jeremy S. Hyams2,
  3. Elizabeth A. Shephard3,
  4. Hugh A. White3,
  5. Claudia G. Wiedemann1

Published Online: 27 JAN 2004

DOI: 10.1002/047146158X.ch2

Book Title

Cell Biology: A Short Course, Second Edition

Cell Biology: A Short Course, Second Edition

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How to Cite

Bolsover, S. R., Hyams, J. S., Shephard, E. A., White, H. A. and Wiedemann, C. G. (2004) From Water to DNA: The Chemistry of Life, in Cell Biology: A Short Course, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/047146158X.ch2

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Physiology, University College, London, UK

  2. 2

    Department of Biology, University College, London, UK

  3. 3

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College, London, UK

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 27 JAN 2004
  2. Published Print: 14 NOV 2003

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471263937

Online ISBN: 9780471461586

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Keywords:

  • chemical bond;
  • polar;
  • non-polar;
  • acid;
  • equilibrium;
  • pH;
  • base;
  • hydrogen bond;
  • carbohydrate;
  • nucleotide;
  • protein;
  • lipid

Summary

In this chapter we describe the basic chemical principles that underlie cell biology and then introduce the major types of chemical that we will be concerned with in the rest of the book.

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