BIOLOGY 409 - Protein Structure and Function

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Bard College

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How does an endogenous protein become an infectious agent in mad cow disease? How do antibodies trigger immune responses to such a wide range of antigens? How can eating the wrong part of a puffer fish kill you? Answering these questions requires an understanding of how a protein's structure(s) affects its function or dysfunction. Among the topics explored in this seminar are methods of solving, predicting, and visualizing protein structures; structural motifs; conformational change; and proteins' interactions with one another, small molecules, and membranes. Prerequisite: Biology 301 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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