TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Metabolism A1 - Schaefer, G. Bradley A1 - Thompson, Jr., James N. PY - 2017 T2 - Medical Genetics: An Integrated Approach AB - Even the simplest cell may house thousands of individual chemical reactions. But the number of different kinds of chemical reaction is surprisingly small. In fact, we saw the same underlying pattern in our discussion of genetic regulation. While the specific details of the vast array of regulatory events may be complicated, only a fairly small number of different principles are needed to explain the essential mechanisms at work in an organism. There is often a surprising degree of simplicity underlying the seemingly complex events of life. As we will see in this chapter, the genetic control of metabolism is no different. But we can never lose sight of the fact that it is the understanding of the specific processes, in all their complexity, that actually makes the difference for an individual patient. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1147722786 ER -