General Nucleic Acid Biochemistry 461, Fall 2009


Welcome to the Home Page for Biochemistry 461, Fall 2009.
Announcements and important class information will be posted here.
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**STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE TO KNOW ALL INFORMATION POSTED HERE**

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
 

Class meets on all scheduled Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:00-11:50 AM in Bio.Sci.East 100. In-class activities will be lectures by Dr. Bourque and/or discussion and problem-solving led by your TA (Michael Pham) and/or Dr. Bourque. Your primary learning tools during this period are online notes, Powerpoint presentations, and provided study questions. [Note: Starting Oct. 13, Tuesday 5:30-6:30 review sessions have beenCANCELLED due to lack of attendance.

11/24/2009: Lecture will finish Chapter 29 topics: posttranscriptional processing of eukaryotic transcripts and RNA splicing.

11/17/2009: An Extra Credit Assignment is online and is accessible from the Grades button. It is worth 15 points. Only do this assignment if you are concerned about your grade. Michael Pham is in charge of this activity. Contact him for topic approval and planning for your oral presentation.

11/16/2009: REVISED LECTURE 1 Chapter 29 Powerpoints are online. 11/17/09 lecture will continue Chapter 29, starting with posttranscriptional processing of RNA.

11/11/2009: Chapter 29 Powerpoints and notes are online. 11/12/09 lecture will start Chapter 29.

11/5/2009: Chapter 28 POWERPOINT slides have been REVISED. See especially "replication bubble" shown in class today and revision of telomerase and DNA Repair illustrations.

11/3/2009: Tuesday Nov. 3class will continue Chapter 28 with DNA Replication.

11/2/2009: Exam 2 Key is posted (click on Grades button for access).

11/2/2009: Here are links to some animations of the DNA Replication process [Chapter 2]. Note also that MANY other versions of these processes are available online via a Google search and/or at YouTube. Use the words of what you want to find and you will find it: [BUT beware - the quality of what's online varies.]

DNA Replication from less to more detailed (1), (2), (3)
Telomerase process.

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Send questions,comments or suggestions to dbourque@u.arizona.edu
To contact your Teaching Assistant:
Michael Pham:
mpham@email.arizona.edu

Updated on 10/5/2009 By Dr. Don P. Bourque
Email: dbourque@u.arizona.edu