Cambridge International A Level Biology

Recommended resources
Chapter 12
Further reading
Alberts, B. et al. (2013) Essential Cell Biology, 4th edn. Garland Science.
■■ Chapter 13: ‘How Cells Obtain Energy from Food’ including ‘Glycolysis’ and ‘Citric acid cycle’,
step‑by-step accounts of these two processes showing animated details of the chemical
reactions.
■■ Chapter 14: ‘Energy Generation in Mitochondria and Chloroplasts’ including ‘Electron transport
chain’, an animated series of diagrams showing structural features of the electron transport chain.
‘ATP Synthase – A Molecular Turbine’ is a stunning realistic animation showing this beautiful mini-
machine in operation.
Available at: www.garlandscience.com/ECB4-students.
Jones, M. and Jones, G. (1997) Advanced Biology. Cambridge University Press.
Elliot, W.H. and Elliot, D. (2009) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 4th edn. Oxford University Press.
Alberts, B. et al. (2002) Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5th edn. Garland Science.
These biochemistry textbooks are very accessible.

Online and interactive resources

www.rcsb.org/pdb/education_discussion/educational_resources/citric_acid_cycle.pdf
A poster available to download on the citric acid cycle (Krebs cycle) showing three-dimensional
models of the molecules involved plus summaries of all the reactions.
www.johnkyrk.com/glycolysis.html
www.johnkyrk.com/krebs.html
www.johnkyrk.com/mitochondrion.html
These animations of respiration are to be found on John Kyrk’s website.

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