Written as a graduate text, this represents the most current research on steady-state enzyme kinetics and is organized according to the experimental process. Cooke (biochemistry, U, of Oklahoma) and Cleland (biochemistry, U, of Wisconsin) introduce readers to kinetics and nomenclature, then cover enzyme assays, derivations of initial velocity rate equations and data processing, initial velocity studies in the absence or presence of added inhibitors, pre-steady-state and relaxation kinetics, isotopic probes of kinetic mechanisms, isotropic effects as a probe of mechanisms, and pH dependence of kinetic parameters and isotope effects. The text is highly interactive and includes a wealth of illustrations and samples. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)