Week One - 8/27-8/31/07

Tuesday - Thermodynamics

Reading: 
    Lecture notes on Thermo (in PDF format)
    Voet and Voet, Ch. 2 & 3
    Reserve Reading:  Creighton, Proteins, Chapter 4

   Literature refs:
   Chandler (2002) Two faces of water. Nature 417, 491. A nice overview of the hydrophobic effect.
   Janin (1997) Calories and Ångstroms Structure 5, 473-479

Powerpoint slides from lecture.
 

Thursday - Amino Acids and Primary Structure

Reading: 
    Lecture notes on Amino Acids (in PDF format)
    Voet & Voet, Chapter 4

   Literature refs:
   Mann et al. (2001) Analysis of proteins and proteomes by mass spectrometry. Ann. Rev. Biochem. 70, 437.

Powerpoint slides from lecture.