1st module

Prof. Marina Scarpa

A.A. 1998/99

PROGRAMME

Introduction to biochemistry. The simplest living things. The cell.

Biomolecules.
Small molecules.
The proteins; conformation, techniques for sequence determination.
Enzymes and coenzymes. The kinds of reactions catalyzed by enzymes.

Genetic information.
The genetic code.
DNA and RNA as genetic material; structure and techniques for sequence determination.
Transcription and translation. Repair systems.

DNA recombinant techniques.

Genetic engeneering.

Metabolic pathways.

Chemical communication between cells.
The hormones.
 
 

REFERENCE TEXTS

G. RICCIOTTI, Biochimica di base, Bovolenta, 1987
ALBERTS ET AL., Biologia molecolare della cellula, Zanichelli Editore, 1992
D. VOET, J. G. VOET, Biochemistry, Wiley, 1990
C. K. MATHEWS, K. E. VAN HOLDE, Biochimica, Ambrosiana, 1994
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