Lecture: (C)hasin (M)owsh.	Date	Subject of Lecture	Recommended reading in Becker 4th ed. (B) or Purves 5th ed. (P) (for Becker 3rd ed., see '99 list)
1(C)	Tu 9/5/00	Introduction. Living things. Cells. Exponential growth.	B: Ch.1; Ch.2 p.17-32 P: Ch.1; Ch. 4 p.64-69
2(C)	Th 9/7/00	Water. Strong and weak chemical bonds. Small vs. large molecules. Bio-polymers: 4 classes. Acids and bases. Sugars. Polysaccharides. Lipids. Amino acids. Stereo-isomers	B: Ch.3 p.43-47, 61-72 P: Ch.2; Ch.3 to p.54
3(C)	Tu 9/12/00	Protein structure. Peptide bonds. Alpha helix. Beta sheet. 3-D structure. Subunit interaction.	B: Ch.3 p.47-55 + Ch.2 p.32-39 P: Ch.3 p.54-58
4(C)	Th 9/14 /00	Membrane proteins. Catalysis. Enzymes. Protein purification methods.	B: Ch.7 p.167-192 P: Ch.5 p.98-103; Ch.6 p.119-133
5(C)	Tu 9/19/00	Enzyme kinetics. Enzyme inhibitors. Feedback inhibition.	B: Ch.6 p.134-154, box6B P: Ch.6 p.134-136
6(C)	Th 9/21/00	Transfer of energy. ATP. Free energy. Introduction to energy metabolism.	B: Ch.5; Ch.13 p.376-380 P: Ch.7 p.141-144
7(C)	Tu 9/26	Glycolysis as a pathway in intermediary metabolism. Anaerobiosis.	B: Ch.13 p.380-393 P: Ch.7 p.144-150
Exam#1	Th 9/28/00	Covers topics covered through actual lecture 6 (includes catalysts but no enzyme kinetics)	Times: 5:40 and 7:00
8(C)	Tu 10/3/00	Krebs (TCA) cycle. Electron transport. Oxidative phosphorylation. Mitochondria. Chemiosmosis.	B: Ch. 14 P: Ch.7 p.151-160
9(C)	Th 10/5/00	Alternative energy sources. Biosynthetic pathways. Regulation of pathways. (most of this not covered: see Web lecture for actual topics)	B: Ch.6 p.151-157 Ch.13 p.393 - 400 P: Ch.6:p.136-138 + Ch.7:p.160-162
10 (M)	Tu 10/10/00	DNA as hereditary material. Nucleic acid structure. Introduction to DNA replication	B: Ch 3 p. 55-63 + Ch 16 p. 488-501 P: Ch 3 p. 58-61; Ch 11 p. 243-250 & p. 309-310
11(M)	Th 10/12/00	Details of DNA synthesis and PCR	B: Ch 17 p. 535-554 P: Ch 11 p. 250-258 + p. 363-364
12(M)	Tu 10/17/00	Transcription & the central dogma	B: Ch 19 p. 634-651 + p. 665-666 P: Ch 12 to p. 267
Exam #2	Th 10/19/00	Exam #2. Covers topics listed here in lectures 6 - 11 (energy metabolism to DNA replication).	Times: TBA
13(M)	Tu 10/24/00	Translation and the genetic code.	B:Ch 20 p. 670-682 P: Ch 12 p. 267-274
14(M)	Th 10/26/00	Wrap up of translation; Mutation Regulation of protein synthesis in prokaryotes.	B: Ch 20 p. 682-686 P: Ch 12 p. 274 - end B: Ch 21 p. 701-711 P: Ch 13 p. 298-end
15(M)	Tu 10/31/00	Bacterial and viral reproduction	B: Ch 18 p .610-615 + Box 16A (p. 492-494) P: Ch 13 p. to p. 298
16(C)	Th 11/2/00	Eukaryotic gene structure. Pre-mRNA processing. Nucleic acid hybridization. Blot hybridization.	B: Ch. 19 p. 655-666 P: Ch. 14 p. 306-318
	Tu 11/7/00	Election day - no class
17(C)	Th 11/9/00	Gene cloning. Restriction enzymes. Plasmid vectors. cDNA. Gene libraries. Gene amplification. Biotechnology.	B: Ch. 18: p. 618-629; B: Ch. 16: 501514 P: Ch. 16
18(M)	Tu 11/14/00	Eukaryotic cell division I: Mitosis and the cell cycle	B: Ch 17 p. 533-535 & 554-564 P: Ch 9 p. 193-204
Exam #3	Th 11/16/00	Exam #3: Covers topics of lectures 12-17.	Times: TBA
19(M)	Tu 11/21/00	Eukaryotic cell division II: Meiosis, sex determination, non- disjunction, life cycles	B: Ch 18 p. 589-602 P: Ch 9 p. 204-end
	Th 11/23/00	No class--Thanksgiving
20(M)	Tu 11/28/00	Eukaryotic genetics I: One gene at a time.	B: Ch 18 p.602-604 P: Ch 10 p.216-228, 233-238 (skip dihybrid crosses)
21(M)	Th 11/30/00	Eukaryotic genetics II: Genetic diseases, crosses with more than one gene at a time	B: Ch 18 p. 604-610 P: Ch.10 -- rest P: Ch. 17 p. 373-386
22(M)	Tu 12/5/00	Crossing over, linkage and mapping Darwinian evolution & population genetics	B: Ch 18 p 608-610 P: Ch 10 p 230-234 + Ch 17 p 393-end P: Ch.20
23(M)	Th 12/7/00	Population genetics and molecular evolution (last lecture)	P: Ch. 23
	Tu 12/12	Study day - Review session (optional)
	Tu 12/19 9:00 AM	Exam #4. EMPHASIZES LECTURES 18 - 23, but can refer back to entire course.	Date and time listed here is correct, entered 10/26/00. Disregard contrary information