CHEM 425 - Biochemistry 1

3 Credit(s)

The study of biomolecules. Topics include protein structure and function, lipids, enzyme function and regulation, biomembranes and membrane transport, carbohydrates, nucleic acid structure, bioenergetics, and aspects of molecular genetics. Laboratory required: methods may include protein purification, molecular visualization, enzyme kinetics, chromatography, bioinformatics, electrophoresis, blotting, sequence analysis, and molecular genetic techniques such as DNA cloning, PCR, restriction endonuclease analysis and sequencing of DNA. Recitation offered at instructor’s discretion Fall.

Prerequisite(s): CHEM 342.