Syllabus: See Biochemistry on my Web Page (http://www.humboldt.edu/~rap1)

A list of useful on-line references for the discussions is available.

* You will find that I do not necessarily follow your text's order of presentation within or among chapters. IT IS UP TO YOU TO WINNOW THROUGH THE TEXT AND FIND THE APPROPRIATE READING MATERIALS WITHIN THE CITED CHAPTERS OF VOET!

** Handouts will be provided by Monday of the week of the discussion.

Week	Date	Topic	Reading*
1	1/22-23	Amino Acid Metabolism & the One-carbon Pool	20.4, .5A, .7
	1/25	Discussion 1: Case studies - Hypoglycemia (from TH Exam); aa metab & starvation.	handout**
2	1/28-30
	2/1	Discussion 2: HIV and AIDS	handout
3	2/4-6	Cholesterol; Phospho- & Glycolipid Metabolism	19.7, 19.5E & .6
		Discussion 3: Prions and Prion Diseases	handout
4	2/11-13	Nucleotide Metabolism	21
	2/15	Discussion 4: Biochemiscal Aspects of Obesity	handout
5	2/18-20	Metabolic Integration	22
	2/22	Discussion 5: Fructose Intolerence; Galactosemia	electronic reserve See me or Library for password.
6	2/25-27	DNA, RNA & Nucleic Acid Structures	23
	3/1	Discussion 6: Protein Structure and Action -Diptheria Toxin.	handout
7	3/4-6	DNA Replication and Repair	24
	3/8	Discussion: Determining the Structures of Proteins at Atomic Level -RNA Polymerase II.	handout
8	3/11-13	DNA Replication and Repair cont.	24
	3/14	Exam I - Thursday, March 14 @ 2pm (lab)
9	3/18-22	SPRING BREAK
10	3/25-27	Transcription	25
	3/29	Discussion: The Human Genome Project.	Library reserve desk
11	4/1-3	Transcription cont.	25
	4/5	Discussion: The Human Chromosome 20 Sequence	handout
12	4/8-10	Translation	26
	4/12	Discussion: Towards an AIDS Vaccine	handout
13	4/15-19	Translation cont.	26
		Wed., April 17 - Meet in SA 565 (computer lab.)
		Exam II - Thursday, April 18 (SA 564, 2-4pm)
		Friday, April 20 - No Class Meeting - Work on Seminars
14	4/22-26	Catch-up/Miscellaneous; Student Seminars
15	4/29-5/3	Student Seminars
16	5/6-10	Student Seminars
17	5/13-17	Final Exam (Comprehensive): Wednesday, 5/15: 1240-1430

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