Research for Masters Thesis

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Research for Masters thesis only. Repeatable. This course is graded S/U. 7766.01 Advanced Biochemistry: Nucleic Acids G 1½ Advanced understanding of the structure and function of nucleic acids, their interactions with other biological molecules, and of the techniques for detailed mechanistic investigation of nucleic acid structure and function. Prereq: 6701 or 6761, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 7766.02. 7770.01 Advanced Biochemistry: Protein Engineering G 1½ Current research on genetic and protein engineering of proteins for biotechnological and theoretical studies. Prereq: 6761 (761), Chem 6761 (761), or MolBioC 6761 (761), or equiv, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 7770.02 (770). 7800.01 Advanced Biochemistry: Biomolecular NMR G 1½ Application of NMR spectroscopy to the study of biological macromolecules. Proton and heteronuclear NMR, introduction to product operators, multidimensional spectra, proteins, nucleic acids, ligand complexes, structure determination, dynamics. Prereq: Grad standing in Biochemistry, Biophysics or Chemistry, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 8900.01 or 8900.02.