The new edition brings this remarkable text into a new era. Like its
predecessors,Lehninger
Principles of Biochemistry, Sixth Edition strikes a careful balance of
current science and enduring concepts, incorporating a tremendous amount of new
findings, but only those that help illustrate biochemistry’s foundational
principles. With this edition, students will encounter new information emerging
from high throughput DNA sequencing, x-ray crystallography, and the
manipulation of genes and gene expression, and other techniques. In
addition, students will see how contemporary biochemistry has shifted away from
exploring metabolic pathways in isolation to focusing on interactions among
pathways. They will also get an updated understanding of the relevance of
biochemistry to the study of human disease (especially diabetes) as well as the
important role of evolutionary theory in biochemical research.
