Metabolic Pathways
- Synopsis
- Discusses the necessary of rephrasing biological processes in biochemical terms, explaining how enzymes operate in sequence within pathways to bring about desired changes. The major features and relationships of anabolism and catabolism are covered, with emphasis placed on the central position of the citric acid cycle. The final section deals with how cell compartmentation, feedback inhibition and feedforward activation, enzyme induction and repression regulate metabolism. Uses a combination of computer graphics and film footage.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min.
- Year of production
- 1984
- Availability
- Sale; 1997 sale: £20.00 (+VAT +p&p) Univ Brighton
- Uses
- 1st-year medical students; biochemistry and physiology students. *CHEMSOC
- Subjects
- Biology
- Keywords
- biochemistry; metabolism
Credits
- Director
- Gavin Nettleton
- Writer
- Ian Wright
Sponsor
Distributor
- Name
Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- York House
221 Pentonville Road
London
N1 9UZ - Notes
- The Learning on Screen distribution library is currently only available in part. Please contact us with any individual queries. The two series of InterUniversity History Film Consortium films which make extensive use of archive footage been digitised for free, online viewing by UK HE institutions - see Learning on Screen InterUniversity History Film Consortium Films (qv).
- Name
University of Brighton Media Services
- Notes
- NB. This distributor is no longer active
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