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Second cycle degree course in
Physics
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences

INFORMATIONAL BIOLOGICAL MACRO MOLECULES
cod. 1001240

Academic year 2009/10
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Biologia molecolare (BIO/11)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
48 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
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Learning objectives

To give students of the magistral degree in Physics (biophysical-medical curriculum) some basic concepts of the molecular mechanisms of transmission and implementation of genetic information.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

 Part 1: Proteins: Composition and structure; Purification and structural analysis; Analysis of function: the case of hemoglobin; Enzymes: concepts of enzymatic catalysis and examples.<br />
Part 2: Nucleic Acids: Flow of information; Analysis of genomes and molecular evolution; DNA: replication, damage and repair; RNA: transcription and maturation; Proteins: translation, transport and degradation.

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Bibliography

J:M: Berg, J.L. Tymoczko, L. Stryer: Biochemistry, VI ed., W.H. Freeman 2006.<br />
G.A. Petsko and D. Ringe: Protein Structure and Function, New Science Press 2004.<br />
J.D. Watson et al.: Molecular Biology of the Gene, VI ed., CSHL Press 2008.

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