BCH 240 - Special Topics in Biochemisty
Offered: Fall-Winter-Spring

Instructor In Charge: STAFF E-Mail: Date, Time, and Place TBA

Prerequisite(s):
Biochemistry 110A-110B-110C or equivalent (may be taken concurrently). Graduate standing in Biochemistry or consent of instructor

Description:
Oral presentations and intensive small-group discussion of selected topics in the area of specialization of each faculty member. Course content emphasizes recent advances in the special topic area and varies accordingly. Transposable Elements and Insect Molecular Biology. Atkinson. Mechanisms of Translational Control. Bailey-Serres. Biochemical Host—Parasite Relationships. Beckage Biochemical Pharmacology. Byus. Plant Stress Genomics. Close. Protein Expression and Plasticity of Brain Glutamate Receptors. Curras. Photosynthesis: Electron Transfer and O2 Evolution. Debus. Genome Evolution. Dugaiczyk. Transient-State Studies of Enzymatic and Nonenzymatic Reactions. Dunn. Plant Gene Expression. Gallie. Mutagenesis, Recombination, and Genomic Instability. Grosovsky. Steroid and Cyclic Nucleotide Metabolism. Henry. Molecular Farming. Huang. Tumor Suppressor and Cell Cycle Regulation. Liu. Research Topics in Endocrinology. Luben. Structure and Function of Transport Proteins. Lytle. Chemokines in Healing and Disease. Martins-Green. Biosensors. Mulchandani. Mechanisms of Steroid Hormones. Norman. Chemical and Structural Biology. Okamura. Regulation of Primary Metabolism. Roberts. Regulation of Tissue-Specific Gene Expression. Sladek. Regulation of Gene Expression. Spindler. Endothelial Cell Perturbation. Stemerman. Signal Transduction. Traugh. Plant Defense Mechanisms. Walling. Structure and Function of Transport ATPase. Wilkens. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable