Textbook of Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations, Sixth Edition. Thomas M. Devlin, ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Liss, John Wiley & Sons, 2006, 1208 pp., $115.00, Hardcover. ISBN 0-471-67808-2.

Abstract

This is the sixth and substantially revised edition of a textbook that has already earned an important role as a teaching guide in biochemistry. The book focuses very specifically on eukaryotic biochemistry, with emphasis on mammalian systems, because of the importance of understanding biochemistry as it pertains to human disease. This textbook is designed to fulfill the requirements of most upper level undergraduate and graduate level courses in biochemistry and physiological chemistry. The text is broken down into 5 main sections that cover the areas of macromolecular structure, transmission of information including translational and transcriptional events, …