LEADER 03966nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910813914403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-770418-2 010 $a0-19-045148-3 010 $a1-282-23532-X 010 $a9786612235320 010 $a0-19-970876-2 024 7 $a10.1093/oso/9780195369632.001.0001 035 $a(CKB)1000000000765409 035 $a(EBL)453595 035 $a(OCoLC)428980727 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000255543 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11213199 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000255543 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10213183 035 $a(PQKB)11594118 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL453595 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10335198 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL223532 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC453595 035 $a(OCoLC)1406781395 035 $a(StDuBDS)9780197704189 035 $a(OCoLC)302414711 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB165703 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000765409 100 $a20090209d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe tao of chemistry and life $ea scientific journey /$fEugene H. Cordes 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (427 p.) 225 1 $aOxford scholarship online 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2009. 311 $a0-19-536963-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 373-386) and index. 327 $aContents; 1. Life: unity out of diversity; 2. Life: central properties; 3. Molecular structures based on carbon: the foundation for the molecules of life; 4. Building blocks and glue; 5. From methane to chemical communication; 6. Nitrogen and oxygen: atmospheric elements; 7. More about oxygen-containing molecules; 8. Now for the rest of the elements in vitamin pills; 9. Proteins: an amazing collection of multifunctional properties; 10. Amino acids: the building blocks of proteins; 11. Proteins are three-dimensional objects 327 $a12. Nucleotides are the building blocks of nucleic acids: the stuff of genes13. The central dogma of molecular biology and protein synthesis; 14. Genomes; 15. Vitamins: molecules of life; 16. Carbohydrates: sweetness and life; 17. Generating energy from catabolism; 18. Fatty acids: the building blocks of lipids; 19. Lipids: the greasy stuff of life; 20. Steroids: sex and other good things; 21. Your brain: what it does and how it does it; 22. Your brain: good things and not-good things; 23. Antibiotics: the never-ending war against infectious disease 327 $a24. Cancer: what it is and what we can do about it25. Chemical communication; Appendix: some examples of explicit and condensed molecular structures; Notes; Glossary; Index 330 $aWritten with the non-scientist in mind, this book employs the molecule and its interactions to explain the characteristics of living organisms in terms of the underlying chemistry of life. Following introductory chapters on the fundamentals of life, attention then turns to small molecules such as hormones and neurotransmitters and subsequently to macromolecules including proteins and nucleic acids. The interactions between small and macromolecules remains a central point throughout the book. These include enzymatic catalysis, hormone action, neurotransmission, regulation of metabolism, biosynt 410 0$aOxford scholarship online. 606 $aBiochemistry$vMiscellanea 606 $aMolecular structure 606 $aLife (Biology) 606 $aOrganisms 615 0$aBiochemistry 615 0$aMolecular structure. 615 0$aLife (Biology) 615 0$aOrganisms. 676 $a572 700 $aCordes$b Eugene H$0296633 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813914403321 996 $aThe tao of chemistry and life$94055322 997 $aUNINA