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Biochemistry (Oklahoma Notes)

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This is not a primary textbook or reference. This is not a concise review book for the week before USMLE. This is definitely not as good a reference for visual learners as Lippincott's Illustrated Review of Biochemistry. This book, however, does one thing well that these other books don't do: it presents nice introductions to and discussions of various topics in medical biochemistry in clear, easy-to-read prose. I found this book very helpful in my medical biochemistry course at the beginning of my in-depth study of the material, as it laid out the "big picture" and fleshed it out with key details, without letting the trees keep me from seeing the forest, which is always a risk when you sit down to study your lecture notes and the more dense texts and review books. Many people like the "Ridiculously Simple" books for the same reason, but the biochemistry version of "Ridiculously Simple" is limited to metabolism, and doesn't hit on key areas of study such as protein biosynthesis, mechanisms of genetic disease, regulation of gene expression, molecular endocrinology and membrane biochemistry.