Enzymes: a Very Short Introduction
- ISBN-10
- 019882498X
- ISBN-13
- 9780198824985
- Series
- Enzymes
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-11
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Paul Engel
Description
Enzymes are the molecular machines that make life possible. Working as catalysts, teams of enzymes carry out the processes that power the bodies of living things, from making DNA to digesting food. This book explains what enzymes are, what they do, and how they do it, from enzymes inside our cells to those in washing powders and food production.
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