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Print Price: $189.99

Format:
Hardback, eBook
928 pp.
8.5" x 11"

ISBN-13:
9780190847609

Copyright Year:
2020

Imprint: OUP US


Biochemistry

The Molecular Basis of Life, Seventh Edition

Trudy McKee and James R. McKee

In One Semester. The Coverage You Want. The Relevance Your Students Need. The Resources You Must Have.

Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life is the ideal text for students who do not specialize in biochemistry but who require a strong grasp of biochemical principles. Emphasizing problem solving, and application of biochemical principles to the fields of Health, Agriculture, Engineering and Forensics, the seventh edition offers deeper coverage of the chemistry of reactions while emphasizing the relationship between biochemistry and human biology.

Readership : Undergraduate enrolled in One-semester Biochemistry / Fundamentals of Biochemistry courses.

Reviews

  • "McKee's Biochemistry is by far the best available textbook on the market for a one semester undergraduate Biochemistry course. It is very reader-friendly and has a better flow than most Biochemistry textbooks. This textbook goes beyond being a good reference book for students. Several features like key concepts, medical correlations, chapter summaries, 'Biochemistry in Perspective,' and end-of-chapter problems help guide learning and provide valuable study materials."
    --Niina Ronkainen, Benedictine University

  • "McKee's Biochemistry is an excellent, one-semester biochemistry text that covers the major topics to an appropriate depth for health professions students. It is concise yet provides enough details to lay a solid biochemistry foundation."
    --Joe Deweese, Lipscomb University

  • "The amount of material covered and the depth of the coverage is very good for a one-semester biochemistry course. The clinical examples to start each chapter are very nice and a good way to interest students in the material. The writing is at a level that will be helpful to students."
    --Michael Gunther, West Virginia University

Each chapter ends with:
- Chapter Summary
- Suggested Readings
- Key Words
- Review Questions
- Fill in the Blank
- Short Answer
- Thought Questions
Chapter Opening Vignettes
Biochemistry in Perspective Essays
Biochemistry in the Lab Boxes
Preface
General and Organic Chemistry Review Primer
1. Biochemistry: An Introduction
2. Living Cells
3. Water: The Matrix of Life
4. Energy
5. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
6. Enzymes
7. Carbohydrates
8. Carbohydrate Metabolism
9. Aerobic Metabolism I: The Citric Acid Cycle
10. Aerobic Metabolism II: Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
11. Lipids and Membranes
12. Lipid Metabolism
13. Photosynthesis
14. Nitrogen Metabolism I: Synthesis
15. Nitrogen Metabolism II: Degradation
16. Integration of Metabolism
17. Nucleic Acids
18. Genetic Information
19. Protein Synthesis
Appendix: Solutions
Glossary
Credits
Index

Companion Site: Click here
Instructor Resources:
Ancillary Resource Centre:
- Image bank
- PowerPoint slides
- Computerized test bank
Student Resources:
Companion Website:
- Self-quizzes
- Interactive 3-D Molecular Models
- Animation and video guide, with high-quality animated biochemical processes
Study Guide and Study Guide Solutions Manual:
(ISBN 9780190847623)
- Solutions to all of the exercises not included in the back of the book, as well as helpful study tips and further explanations of key concepts

Trudy McKee is a biochemist who has taught Biochemistry at Thomas Jefferson University, Rosemont College, Immaculata College, and the University of the Sciences.

James R. McKee is Professor of Chemistry at the University of the Sciences, Philadelphia.

Making Sense - Margot Northey

Special Features

  • Reviews basic principles in the first four chapters to ensure that all students are sufficiently prepared for acquiring a meaningful understanding of biochemistry.
  • Balanced coverage of chemical and biological principles offers instructors the flexibility to decide how much chemistry or biology to present. Chemical mechanisms are always presented within the physiological context of the organism.
  • Real-world examples from a range of disciplines ensure the material is relevant for students from a range of backgrounds and with diverse career goals.
  • A robust problem-solving program includes in-chapter Worked Problems that illustrate how quantitative problems are solved, and dozens of questions interspersed throughout that provide students with opportunities to apply their knowledge immediately after a new concept is introduced.
  • Over 700 enhanced, full-color figures, with consistent scale and color for chemical structures, help students visualize biochemical concepts.
  • Chapter-opening vignettes cover topics such as the nature and diversity of life; the ocean's dark secret life; spider silk; humans and enzymes; and global warming and renewable energy and explore the biological motivation behind them.
  • Biochemistry in the Lab boxes examine topics such as protein sequence analysis and glycomics.
New to this Edition
  • Expanded pedagogical program includes hundreds of new end-of-chapter questions, including questions designed to help students prepare for the MCAT exam.
  • Improved chemistry primer reviews foundational general chemistry and organic chemistry topics, getting students up to speed so they can master the biochemical concepts to come.
  • Enhanced supplements program, including significantly revised and expanded PowerPoint slides, test bank, and revised video and animation guide.
  • Updated content throughout includes coverage of current developments in the field, including new discussions of non-coding RNA and gene expression, while remaining focused on the big-picture principles that are the focus of one-term biochemistry courses.
  • Revised features on carcinogenesis, diabetes, the atherosclerotic process, proteomics, protein analysis, and bioinformatics.
  • New visual chapter summaries enhance students' comprehension of concepts within each chapter.
  • 34 new illustrations, including new metabolic pathway maps, enhance the existing art program.