Biochemistry 3107
Nucleic Acid Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

List of Lecture Summaries/Notes

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TOPIC	Lecture - Date
The Threads of History [PPT]	#1: - 08 Sept 2004
How the structure of DNA was determined  [PPT] Bases, Nucleosides, & Nucleotides [PPT] The structure of B-DNA [PPT]	#2: - 10 Sept 2004
Variations in the structures of DNA  [PPT] The physical and chemical properties of nucleic acids [PPT]	#3: - 13 Sept 2004
The physical and chemical properties of nucleic acids [PPT] Supercoiling and Topoisomerases [old] [PPT]	#4: - 15 Sept 2004
Supercoiling and Topoisomerases [old] [PPT] The structure of RNA [PPT]	#5: - 17 Sept 2004
The nucleosome [PPT] [PPT] [PPT]	#6: - 20 Sept 2004
DNA Synthesis 1 [PPT]	#7: - 22 Sept 2004 #8: - 24 Sept 2004
DNA Synthesis 2 [PPT] Bacterial & Eukaryotic DNA polymerases [PPT]	#9: - 27 Sept 2004
The Replication Process  [PPT] [PPT] Bacteriophage Replication Eukaryotic DNA Replication	#10: - 29 Sept 2004 #11: - 01 Oct 2004 #12: - 04 Oct 2004
Mutations & Mutagenesis DNA Repair  [PPT]	#13: - 06 Oct 2004
MIDTERM #1	08 Oct 2004
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY & MIDTERM BREAK	11 Oct 2004
Introduction to Recombination The Holliday Model of Homologous Recombination [PPT]	#14: - 13 Oct 2004
Recombination in E. coli - formation of the Holliday junction Recombination in E. coli - resolution of the Holliday junction [PPT]	#15: - 15 Oct 2004 #16: - 18 Oct 2004
Site-specific Recombination [PPT]	#17: - 20 Oct 2004
Transposition: Mobile Genetic Elements [PPT] Transposition: Retrovirus Replication  [PPT]	#18: - 22 Oct 2004 #19: - 25 Oct 2004
Introduction to RNA & its Functions [PPT] Bacterial RNA Polymerase [PPT] The Bacterial Promoter [PPT]	#20: - 27 Oct 2004
The Transcription Cycle in E. coli [PPT]	#21: - 29 Oct 2004
Transcription in Eukaryotes [PPT] [PPT] Modifications to eukaryotic mRNA DNA-binding Proteins	#22: - 01 Nov 2004 #23: - 03 Nov 2004
Introns [PPT]	#24: - 05 Nov 2004
MIDTERM #2	08 Nov 2004
Splicing [PPT] [PPT] Modifications to eukaryotic mRNA	#25: - 10 Nov 2004 #26: - 15 Nov 2004
tRNA, the Adaptor Hypothesis and the Wobble Hypothesis [PPT] Protein Synthesis: The Ingredients [PPT]	#27: - 17 Nov 2004 #28: - 19 Nov 2004
Protein Synthesis: The Steps [PPT] [PPT] Protein Synthesis: Eukaryotes	#29: - 22 Nov 2004 #30: - 24 Nov 2004 #31: - 26 Nov 2004
The Genetic Code	TUTORIAL or SELF-STUDY
Protein Synthesis: Folding, Modification, Targeting and Degradation [PPT]
The Operon Model of Gene Regulation [PPT] [PPT] Genetic Analysis of the Lactose Operon The Lactose Repressor and the Operator The Lactose Operon: Positive Regulation The Tryptophan Operon	#32: - 29 Nov 2004 #30: - 01 Dec 2004

 

 

TOPIC	Lecture - Date
The Threads of History [PPT]	#1: - 03 Sept 2003
How the structure of DNA was determined  [PPT] Bases, Nucleosides, & Nucleotides [PPT]	#2: - 05 Sept 2003
The structure of B-DNA [PPT] [ANIM] Variations in the structures of DNA and RNA  [PPT] Polynucleotide chains	#3: - 08 Sept 2003
The physical and chemical properties of nucleic acids [PPT]	#4: - 10 Sept 2003
SUPPLEMENT: Radioactive decay and Specific Activity SUPPLEMENT: Analysis of Gels [PPT only] A Brief Introduction to Bacterial Genetics  [PPT] DNA Replication  [PPT]	#5: - 12 Sept 2003
Bacterial DNA polymerases [PPT#1] [PPT#2] [PPT#3]	#6: - 15 Sept 2003 #7: - 17 Sept 2003
The Replication Process  [PPT#1] [PPT#2] [PPT#3]	#8: - 19 Sept 2003 #9: - 22 Sept 2003 #10: - 24 Sept 2003
Mutations & Mutagenesis [PPT] DNA Repair  [PPT]	#11: - 26 Sept 2003
Felix d'Herelle and the Discovery of Bacteriophage  Bacteriophage  Bacteriophage Replication [PPT]	#12: - 29 Sept 2003
Retrovirus Replication  [PPT]	#13: - 01 Oct 2003
MIDTERM #1	03 Oct 2003
NO CLASS	06 Oct 2003
Eukaryotic DNA Replication [PPT#1] [PPT#2]	#14: - 08 Oct 2003
Introduction to Recombination The Holliday Model of Homologous Recombination [PPT]	#15: - 10 Oct 2003
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY & MIDTERM BREAK	13 Oct 2003
Recombination in E. coli - formation of the Holliday junction Recombination in E. coli - resolution of the Holliday junction [PPT]	#16: - 15 Oct 2003 #17: - 17 Oct 2003
Bacterial Conjugation [PPT]	#18: - 20 Oct 2003
Site-specific Recombination [PPT#1] [PPT#2] Mobile Genetic Elements [PPT]	#19: - 22 Oct 2003
Introduction to RNA & its Functions [PPT] Bacterial RNA Polymerase [PPT] The Bacterial Promoter [PPT]	#20: - 24 Oct 2003 #21: - 27 Oct 2003
Transcription in Eukaryotes [PPT#1] [PPT#2] DNA-binding Proteins	#23: - 03 Nov 2003 #24: - 05 Nov 2003
Introns [PPT] Splicing [PPT]	#25: - 07 Nov 2003 #26: - 10 Nov 2003
Modifications to eukaryotic mRNA [PPT]	#27: - 12 Nov 2003 #28: - 14 Nov 2003
	#22: - 29 Oct 2003
The Genetic Code [PPT] tRNA, the Adaptor Hypothesis and the Wobble Hypothesis [PPT]	#29: - 17 Nov 2003
Protein Synthesis: The Ingredients [PPT#1] [PPT#2]	#30: - 19 Nov 2003
Protein Synthesis: The Steps [PPT] Protein Synthesis: Eukaryotes [PPT] Protein Synthesis: Folding, Modification, Targeting and Degradation [PPT]	#31: - 21 Nov 2003 #32: - 24 Nov 2003 #33: - 26 Nov 2003
The Operon Model of Gene Regulation [PPT]	#34: - 28 Nov 2003
Genetic Analysis of the Lactose Operon [PPT] The Lactose Repressor and the Operator The Lactose Operon: Positive Regulation	#35: - 01 Dec 2003

GEL1 - GEL2

 

Topics not covered in Fall 2001, 2002, 2003:
Supercoiling and Topoisomerases  The Generation of Antibody Diversity Viruses  The Tryptophan Operon The Arabinose Operon Molecular Biology of Development - Drosophila melanogaster Molecular Biology of Flower Development - Arabidopsis thaliana

 

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