Biochemistry
Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology, and metabolism. Over the last decades of the 20th century, biochemistry has become successful at explaining living processes through these three disciplines. Almost all areas of the life sciences are being uncovered and developed through biochemical methodology and research. Biochemistry focuses on understanding the chemical basis which allows biological molecules to give rise to the processes that occur within living cells and between cells, in turn relating greatly to the understanding of tissues and organs as well as organism structure and function. Biochemistry is closely related to molecular biology, the study of the molecular mechanisms of biological phenomena.Much of biochemistry deals with the structures, functions, and interactions of biological macromolecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids. They provide the structure of cells and perform many of the functions associated with life. The chemistry of the cell also depends upon the reactions of small molecules and ions. These can be inorganic (for example, water and metal ions) or organic (for example, the amino acids, which are used to synthesize proteins). The mechanisms used by cells to harness energy from their environment via chemical reactions are known as metabolism. The findings of biochemistry are applied primarily in medicine, nutrition and agriculture. In medicine, biochemists investigate the causes and cures of diseases. Nutrition studies how to maintain health and wellness and also the effects of nutritional deficiencies. In agriculture, biochemists investigate soil and fertilizers with the goal of improving crop cultivation, crop storage, and pest control. In recent decades, biochemical principles and methods have been combined with problem-solving approaches from engineering to manipulate living systems in order to produce useful tools for research, industrial processes, and diagnosis and control of diseasethe discipline of biotechnology. Provided by Wikipedia
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2by Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge (18795373)
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6by United Nations Environment Programme, Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms
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8by American Society of Biological Chemists., American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
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11by PSCBR RAS G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms RAS (18796693)
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14by Italian Society of Biochemistry 17066, Soviet-Italian Symposium (22-24 de sep. 1986 : Pavia. IT) 17067
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19by Joint Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology and the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1er 1989 San Fancisco, California
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20by Training Course on Membrane Biophysics and Biochemistry, Cambridge, UK, 1977, International Cell Research Organization, International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysicsprogramme and meeting document bibliotecaUNESCO