Chemistry and molecular biology - 4PMBECB2

Informations générales

  • Number of hours

    • Lectures 26.0
    • Projects 0
    • Tutorials 2.0
    • Internship 0
    • Laboratory works 0
    • Written tests 0

    ECTS

    ECTS 0.0

Goal(s)

The course presents the fundamental properties of nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and biological membranes and the transport through these membranes. It conveys basic knowledge about biologically active molecules, their properties and their function. An introduction to bioinformatics is provided.

Contact Marianne WEIDENHAUPT

Content(s)

Different topics will be discussed :

  • Structure and function of proteins
  • Nucleic acids and the genetic code
  • Regulation of gene expression
  • Introduction to enzymology
  • Molecular biology techniques to analyse and modify nucleic acids and proteins
    • Lipids and membranes and transport trhough memebranes

The intoduction to bioinformatics gives insight into:

  • Protein 3D structure and genome analysis


Prerequisites

Basic knowledge in molecular chemistry

Test

Semester 7 - The exam is given in english only 



Additional Information

Semester 7 - This course is given in english only EN

Course list
Curriculum->BIOMED->Semester 7

Bibliography

Biochemistry : International edition : Jeremy M. Berg (Auteur) , John L. Tymoczko (Auteur) , Lubert Stryer (Auteur)
Molecular Biology of the Cell by Alberts, Johnson, Lewis, Raff Roberts and Walter. Garland Sciences