Chemistry & Structure of Nucleic Acids

Units
2
Instructor
Chen
Description
Primary, secondary, and higher-order structures of DNA and RNA, thermodynamic stability and folding, protein-nucleic acid interactions, ribozymes, applications to gene regulation, RNA world evolution.
Prerequisites
One year of undergraduate biochemistry (e.g., MCDB 108A-B-C), one quarter of undergraduate physical chemistry (e.g., Chemistry and Biochemistry 142A-B-C, Chemistry and Biochemistry 113A).
Course type
Emphasis 2 Courses
Internal Course Number
201
Course Number
201B