1. The Facts of Life: Chemistry Is the Logic of Biological Phenomena. 2. Water: The Medium of Life. 3. Thermodynamics of Biological Systems. 4. Amino Acids, and the Peptide Bond. 5. Proteins: Their Primary Structure and Biological Functions. 6. Proteins: Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary Structure. 7. Carbohydrates and Glycoconjugates of Cell Surfaces. 8. Lipids. 9. Membranes and Membrane Transport. 10. Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids. 11. Structure of Nucleic Acids. 12. Recombinant DNA: Cloning and Creation of Chimeric Genes. Part II: PROTEIN DYNAMICS. 13. Enzymes-Kinetics and Specificity. 14. Mechanisms of Enzyme Action. 15. Enzyme Regulation. 16. Molecular Motors. Part III: METABOLISM AND ITS REGULATION. 17. Metabolism: An Overview. 18. Glycolysis. 19. The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle. 20. Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation. 21. Photosynthesis. 22. Gluconeogenesis, Glycogen Metabolism, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway. 23. Fatty Acid Catabolism. 24. Lipid Biosynthesis. 25. Nitrogen Acquisition and Amino Acid Metabolism. 26. Synthesis and Degradation of Nucleotides. 27. Metabolic Integration and Organ Specialization. Part IV: INFORMATION TRANSFER. 28. DNA Metabolism: Replication, Recombination, and Repair. 29. Transcription and the Regulation of Gene Expression. 30. Protein Synthesis. 31. Completing the Protein Life Cycle: Folding, Processing, and Degradation. 32. The Reception and Transmission of Extracellular Information.

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