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Instructor:
Glen B. Legge, Ph.D., Cambridge UK
Phone: 713-743-8380
Fax: 713-743-2636
E-mail: glegge@uh.edu
Office hours:
Mon. and Wed. (2:30-4:00 PM) or by appointment
353 SR2 (Science and Research Building 2)
Research Interests:
Molecularmechanismsofcelladhesion,usingprimarilymulti
dimensionalnuclearmagneticresonance(NMR)spectroscopy.
Course Outline
The Exams are based on the book, class notes, and homework.
Those who do the homework honestly, will earn the better grades.
Foundations of Biochemistry
LIFE
Biochemistry is the study of this process on a chemical level
These physical laws describe several axioms that make up the Molecular
Logic of Life. These axioms define:
Energy converted to work
Catalytic chemical transformations
Assembly of molecules with great complexity from simple subunits.
Complex molecules combine to form supra molecular components,
organelles and finally assemble into a cell.
Store and pass on instructions for the assembly of all future generations
from simple non-living precursors
Condensation reactions
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