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New page: Biochemistry, is the scientific study concerned chiefly with the chemistry of biological processes; it attempts to utilize the tools and concepts of chemistry, particularly organic...
Biochemistry, is the scientific study concerned chiefly with the chemistry of biological processes; it attempts to utilize the tools and concepts of [[chemistry]], particularly [[organic]] and [[physical chemistry]], for elucidation of the living system. The science has been variously referred to as [[physiological chemistry]] and as [[biological chemistry]].
==Scope of the Biochemist==
[[Biochemist]]s study such things as the structures and physical properties of biological [[molecule]]s, including the [[protein]]s, the [[carbohydrate]]s, the [[lipid]]s, and the [[nucleic acid]]s; the mechanisms of [[enzyme]] action; the chemical regulation of [[metabolism]]; the molecular basis of [[genetic expression]]; the chemistry of [[vitamins]]; [[chemoluminescence]]; biological [[oxidation]]; and energy utilization in the [[cell]]. The study of the [[chemistry]] of the [[immune response]] offers the possibility of treatment and cure for such diseases as [[AIDS]] and [[lupus]].
==Biochemistry and other sciences==
[[Molecular biology]], a term first used in 1950, is used to describe the area of research, closely related to and often overlapping biochemistry, conducted by biologists whose approach to and interest in [[biology]] are principally at the molecular level of organization. The related field of [[biophysics]] brings to [[biology]] the techniques and attitudes of the [[physicist]]. [[Cell biology]] is concerned with the organization and functioning of the individual [[cell]] and depends greatly on biochemical techniques. As the study of life forms demonstrated similar or even identical processes occurring in widely divergent [[species]], it has taken the [[biochemist]] to unravel the underlying chemical basis for these phenomena.
==See Also==
:*L. Stryer, Biochemistry (3d ed. 1988); C. K. Mathews and K. E. van Holde, Biochemistry (1990); G. Zubay, Biochemistry (3d ed. 1993).
==References==
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==Scope of the Biochemist==
[[Biochemist]]s study such things as the structures and physical properties of biological [[molecule]]s, including the [[protein]]s, the [[carbohydrate]]s, the [[lipid]]s, and the [[nucleic acid]]s; the mechanisms of [[enzyme]] action; the chemical regulation of [[metabolism]]; the molecular basis of [[genetic expression]]; the chemistry of [[vitamins]]; [[chemoluminescence]]; biological [[oxidation]]; and energy utilization in the [[cell]]. The study of the [[chemistry]] of the [[immune response]] offers the possibility of treatment and cure for such diseases as [[AIDS]] and [[lupus]].
==Biochemistry and other sciences==
[[Molecular biology]], a term first used in 1950, is used to describe the area of research, closely related to and often overlapping biochemistry, conducted by biologists whose approach to and interest in [[biology]] are principally at the molecular level of organization. The related field of [[biophysics]] brings to [[biology]] the techniques and attitudes of the [[physicist]]. [[Cell biology]] is concerned with the organization and functioning of the individual [[cell]] and depends greatly on biochemical techniques. As the study of life forms demonstrated similar or even identical processes occurring in widely divergent [[species]], it has taken the [[biochemist]] to unravel the underlying chemical basis for these phenomena.
==See Also==
:*L. Stryer, Biochemistry (3d ed. 1988); C. K. Mathews and K. E. van Holde, Biochemistry (1990); G. Zubay, Biochemistry (3d ed. 1993).
==References==
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