Chemistry & Structure of Nucleic Acids

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.

Units: 

2

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