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Academic Year 2001/2002

Structural Mechanisms of Protein-nucleic Acid Interactions
MB&B 519 SP

This is a half semester course. It will be offered the second half of the semester. Students have five days after the start of the class to add it. You have until April 9 to withdraw from this course. A series of lectures will discuss the current understanding of the structural basis of nucleic acid recognition by proteins. Recently obtained structures of protein-nucleic acid complexes will be presented and critically analyzed.

MAJOR READINGS

T.A. Steitz, "Structural Studies of Protein-nucleic Acid Interactions", Cambridge University Press, 1993. Selected research papers.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

One paper presentation. Final exam.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: GRAD    Credit: .5    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: MB&B208 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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