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Employing an outline format, 600 color illustrations, and about 100 USMLE-style questions, this study guide reviews protein structure and function, intermediary metabolism, lipid metabolism, nitrogen metabolism, integration, storage and expression of genetic information, and biochemistry. Concept maps illustrate the relationships between the major ideas. The authors teach biochemistry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Drexel University.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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This book contains black-and-white illustrations.

This popular study guide and review provides a quick survey of the field of biochemistry, covering the essentials that students need to know. Included are board-type questions to give students experience for what they will encounter on actual examinations. Now thoroughly revised and updated throughout, there is much new material on cholesterol and steroid metabolism, and nutrition and protein synthesis. Plus, the authors have included a unique cross-referencing system to the book's companion volume, Harvey's Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews : Pharmacology.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

"Now in full color, Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry, Third Edition, enables rapid review and assimilation of large amounts of complex information about the essentials of medical biochemistry. As in previous editions, Lippincott's Illustrated Review: Biochemistry features an outline format, over 600 illustrations, cross-references to other titles in the series and over 100 USMLE-style questions." Students who are preparing for standard courses or examinations (USMLE, COMPLEX, ECFMG) will find this work "must read" material to master biochemistry essentials.

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