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6100  Seminar in Biological Chemistry (1)
   Journal club for first-year graduate students in biological chemistry program. Offered both first and second halves of spring semester.

6400  Genetic Engineering (2) Prerequisite: BIOL 3510 or equivalent.
   Three lectures per week for 7.5 weeks. Basic methods of DNA manipulation, library construction, cloning. Core requirement of biological chemistry program

6410  Protein and Nucleic Acids Biochemistry (3) Cross listed as MBIOL 6410, CHEM 7410.
   Coverage of basics of nucleic acid and protein biochemistry. Core requirement for the graduate programs in molecular biology and biological chemistry.

6430  Structural Methods (3) Prerequisite: BIOL 3510 or equivalent.
   An integrated approach to the applications of NMR, X-ray crystallography, and mass spectrometry in structural biology. Core requirement for the graduate program in biological chemistry.

6450  Biophysical Chemistry (2) Cross listed as CHEM 7450. Prerequisite: BIOL 3510 or equivalent.
   Three lectures, one discussion per week for 7.5 weeks. Core requirement for the graduate program in biological chemistry.

6460  Protein Chemistry (2) Cross listed as CHEM 7460. Prerequisite: CHEM 2310 and 2320 or equivalent.
   Three lectures, one discussion per week for 7.5 weeks. Core requirement for the graduate program in biological chemistry.

6470  Nucleic Acid Chemistry (2) Cross listed as CHEM 7470. Prerequisite: CHEM 2310 and 2320 or equivalent.
   Three lectures, one discussion per week for 7.5 weeks. Continuation of CHEM 6460.

6500  Topics in Biological Chemistry (1.5)
   Topics vary from year to year. Advanced lecture/discussion course in biological chemistry.

6600  Topics in Biological Chemistry (1.5)
   Lecture elective for program in biological chemistry.

7960  Research (1 to 10) Cross listed as MBIOL 7960. Prerequisite: MBIOL graduate student.
   Laboratory rotations for students in the graduate programs in molecular biology and biological chemistry.