challenges for medicine for which b

challenges for medicine for which biochemistry and related disciplines will play important roles in finding solutions.
Appendix lists useful web sites and biochemical journals and others with significant biochemical content.
Acknowledgments
The authors thank Michael Weitz for his role in the planning of this edition, and Brian Kearns for his key role in
getting this edition ready for publication. We also thank Mala Arora and her colleagues at Thomson Digital for their
efforts in editing, typesetting, and artwork, and Calvin "Nic" Steussy of Purdue University for his assistance in
generating the cover illustration.
Suggestions from students and colleagues around the world have been most helpful in the formulation of this
edition. We look forward to receiving similar input in the future.
Rob Murray acknowledges with thanks Joe Varghese and Molly Jacob as co-authors of Chapters 50, 55, and 56,
Fred Keeley for his many contributions to Chapter 48, Peter Gross for co-authorship of Chapters 51 and 57, and
Margaret Rand for co-authorship of Chapter 51. Special thanks are extended to Reinhart Reithmeier, Alan Volchuk,
and David Williams for reviewing and making invaluable suggestions for the revision of Chapters 40 and 46.
Robert K. Murray
David A. Bender
Kathleen M. Botham
Peter J. Kennelly
Victor W. Rodwell
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