Harper’s (2009 Edition) Reading List

Lecture Title Chapter
Chemistry of Life / The Cell  1 (pgs. 1-5)
Molecules of Life / Water  2 (pgs. 6-13)
Acidosis/Alkalosis 2 (pgs. 6-13)
Amino Acids/Proteins 3 (pgs. 14-20); 5 (pgs. 31-42)
Protein Synthesis and Maturation 37 (pgs. 353-368)
Proteins: Globular, Membrane, Fibrous 5 (pgs. 31-42); 46(pgs. 487-505)
Proteins-Structural 48 (pgs. 527-544)
Membranes I & II 15 (pgs. 121-130);40 (pgs. 406-424)
Myoglobin/Hemoglobin (begin "Gas Transport") 6 (pgs. 43-50)
Gas Transport / Antibodies and Antigens 6 (pgs. 43-50); 50 (pgs. 566-582)
Enzymes: Catalysis and Kinetics 8 (pgs. 62-74)
Enzymes: Isozymes and Regulation 9 (pgs. 75-83)
Enzyme Mechanisms-Serine Proteases 7 (pgs. 51-61)

Overview of Nutrients / Vitamins of CHO & N2 Metabolism

43 (pgs. 459-466) ;44 (pgs. 467-481)

Cobalamin, Folic Acid, Antioxidants 44 (pgs. 467-481)
Nucleotides: Composition and Structure      32 (pgs. 285-291)
Purine/Pyrimidine Metabolism 33 (pgs. 292-301)
DNA Synthesis 35 (pgs. 312-334)
DNA Mutation and Repair 35 (pgs. 312-334)
RNA Synthesis 36 (pgs. 335-352)
Overview of Carbohydrate Metabolism 14(pgs. 113-120); 16 (pgs.131-142)

Intro To & Thermodynamics in Metabolism

11 (pgs.92-97)

Glycolysis                               18 (pgs. 149-156)

Citric Acid Cycle                                      

17 (pgs. 143-148)
Glycogen                                19 (pgs. 157-164)
PPP / Gluconeogenesis                                            20 (pgs. 165-173); 21(pgs. 174-183)
Electron Transport                               13 (pgs. 103-112)

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