Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Revised Edition

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Arranged in A-to-Z order, the more than 17,000 entries provide basic information about fundamental, physiochemical laws, chemical compounds, constants, and formulae. The Dictionary also describes the essential features of some 2,000 enzymes and proteins, the reactions they catalyze and the
functions they perform. These entries also include filenames to facilitate the location of entries in databases of sequences and definitions of 950 abbreviations and symbols. Designed for students, teachers, researchers and other professionals in any area of the biomedical sciences, the Dictionary
has been fully updated anf revised to incorporate new information discovered since the original edition was published in 1997.

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" . . . a wealth of useful and interesting information."--SGM Quarterly

"The best conceived and produced specialized scientific dictionary this reviewer has ever seen . . . enthusiastically recommended."--Choice

"A quite useful book . . . can be recommended for one's office or laboratory [and] should certainly be obtained by libraries."--Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

"An invaluable source for biochemists as well [as] other biologists, for teachers and their students . . . has to be on the shelves of each biological laboratory."--Immunological Investigations

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; Revised edition (February 24, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 738 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0198506732
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198506737
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.96 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10 x 1.5 x 8.3 inches

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Top quality.

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2019

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Five Stars

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Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2014

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dreschrode

keep handy when you're trawling through science literature

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2003

As someone involved in biochemical research, I spend loads of time reading a variety of life science journals. Just keeping up with the latest research is hard enough, but as my areas of interest become ever larger and intermeshed with other disciplines such as medicine and physics, I've found myself delving into this book more and more. But the pace of research is also a problem for a book like this, because to remain useful, new editions cannot appear fast enough to keep up with the latest batch of techniques, genes and proteins. Ultimately an Internet version of this book that gets updated on a regular basis would be the most useful. Never the less, once you get in the habit of using this dictionary, you'll want to keep it nearby when you're browsing the life science literature. Is this book good value? I think it's expensive compared to all other books, but well priced for an academic textbook. I find that using this book is still more rapid and direct than browsing the web for the definition of a word I don't know, and the brief definition given in this book is a good starting point for hunting down more detailed information.

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FAIR: DEPENDING ON YOUR NEED

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2003

This revised edition of "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology" is comprehensive, clinically relevant, and fairly up-to-date. It has a good coverage (for degree students), although that advanced researchers may need something more extensive. Its ability to correlate biochemical terms and data is appreciated. But with just over 17,000 definitions, its listed price is a bit on the high side. Buyers could get a better illustrated, more voluminous Biochem dictionary at that price.

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Andreas Ehrensberger

Excellent reference for the biochemist!

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2004

I have been using this book as a general reference since I bought it three years ago. It describes most terms in general biochemistry, molecular biology, organic chemistry and genetics. I find it easier to have one reference book where one can look up terms, than having to search through various textbooks to find the descriptions.

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Every Definition you'll need

Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2001

Great for Science majors, all the definitions or words you used to know but can't remember from class to class. Very thorough. much better than a textbook glossary.

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macisgood

A wonderful guide

Reviewed in Japan on March 21, 2004

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This is a wonderful dictionary for graduate students and scientists in bioscience. With this dictionary, you will not be frustrated when you encounter some unfamiliar terms when reading papers. I would highly recommend it for graduate students, even scientists, as nobody is to know everything in today's science.
In summary, a must-have book for bio-related people.

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