Advanced Physical Biochemistry

Catalog description

Prerequisites: CHEM 3312 or CHEM 4712 or BIOL 4732 . Designed to acquaint students with concepts and methods in biophysical chemistry. Topics that will be discussed include protein and DNA structures, forces involved in protein folding and conformational stability, protein-DNA interactions, methods for characterization and separation of macromolecules, and biological spectroscopy. Three hours of lecture per week. Students may not receive credit for both CHEM 4772 and CHEM 5772 .