BIOL 5102

Structural Biology Seminar

Spring 2014

Feb 20. Chapter 4 The Folding and Coiling of Polypeptide Chains

Introduction by the instructor:

Discussion of Key paper B: by Bragg, Kendrew and Perutz

Student 1. Meghan_(321-330)__ 2. __Meghan____(331-357)___

Discussion of Pauling's alpha-helix, Key paper C. by Pauling, Corey, and Branson

Student 3. Samantha

Feb 27. Chapter 4 The Folding and Coiling of Polypeptide Chains

Introduction by the instructor:

Discussion of Perutz's response to Pauling's alpha helix.

Student 4. __Nina_ Key paper D

Student 5. __Samantha__Key paper E

Discussion of Pauling's beta-sheet, Key paper F. by Pauling, and Corey

Student 6. __Dalton__

Discussion of Eisenberg's historical perspective. Key paper G by Eisenberg

Student 7. __Yazen__

Mar 6 Chapter 5 The Race for the DNA Double Helix

Introduction by the instructor: Crystallography without mathematics

Discussion of nucleobase composition of DNA Key papers A,B: by Erwin Chargaff

Student 8. __Alejandra_

Discussion of a triple helix, Key paper C. by Bruce Fraser (published in 2004)

Student 9. __Yazen___

Discussion of another triple helix. Key paper D by Pauling and Corey

Student 10. __Raamis___

Mar 13 Spring Break

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