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Dental Biochemistry-2012   Dental Biochemistry 2012  Sylabus   Dental Biochem. 2012 Lecture Schedule      Lecture Slides   Lecture 1-biomolecules-kumar    Lecture 2-salivary buffering-kumar    Lecture 3-amino acids-kumar    Lecture 4-protein structure-kumar    Lecture 5-enzymes as catalysts-kumar    Lecture 6-enzyme activity measurements-kumar    Lecture 7-enzyme inhibition-kumar    Lecture 8-allosteric enzymes-kumar    Lecture 9-glycolysis-lea    Lecture 10-Dr. Lea    Lecture 11-Dr. Lea    Lecture 12-Dr. Lea    Lecture 13-Dr. Lea    Lecture 14-Dr. Lea    lecture 15- Dr. Kumar    Lecture 16- Dr. Kumar    Lecture 17- Dr. Kumar    Lecture 18- Dr. Lea                 Dental Biochem 2012 PBL Groups   Composite List of PBL Groups   Dental Biochemistry 2012 PBLs    PBL I     PBL II     PBL III     PBL IV            Movie on plasma protein clearance      Typical Exam questions     Exam 1     Exam II

Pre-knowledge   Biochemistry Overview   Chemical Bonds   Thermodynamics   Functional Groups   Stereochemistry   Basic Chemical Reactions   pH and Buffer Action   Amino Acids     Enzymes    Basics    Coenzymes and cofactors    isoenzymes    Enzyme properties   Graduate Course    Enzyme inhitors in Drug  discovery    1. Protein Structure 2010   Quizes graduate kinetics   Quizzes for Graduate  Kinetics    Enzyme catalysis quizzes    Enzyme mechanism tutorial

Teaching Faculty  for Dental Biochemistry         Dr. Birge             Dr. Lee                   Dr. Christakos      Dr. Cunningham         Dr. Howells         Dr. Kaushik-Basu    Dr. Kotenko             Dr. Kumar          Dr. Lea                 Dr. Lutz                Dr. ModakDr.          O'Connor     Dr. Pandey        Dr. Suzuki