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Dental Biochemistry-2012   Dental Biochemistry 2012  Sylabus   Dental Biochem. 2012 Lecture Schedule      Lecture Slides     For Exam I   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            For Exam II   Lecture 19-Suzuki    Lecture 20-Suzuki    Lecture 21-Kumar    Lecture 22-Lutz    lecture 23-25-Cunningham    Lecture 26-peptide hormonesBirge    Lecture 27-Christakos    Lecture 28-Kumar    Lecture 29-birge    Lecture 30-Birge    Lecture 31-32DNA-RNASynthesis-Modak     Lecture 33-34 Protein synthesis-Modak     Lecture 35-Suzuki    Lecture 36-Howells    Lecture 37-RecombinantDNAHowells      For Exam III   Lecture 38-oncogenes-howells   Lecture 39-AIDS-Modak   Lecture 40-Neurobiochemistry-howells   Lecture 41-Blood clotting-christakos   Lecture 42,43-heme and hemoglobin-lea   Lecture 44-Complex carbohydrates-lutz   Lecture 45-Connective tissue-lutz   Lecture 46-bisphosphonates-kumar   Lecture 47-no slides   Lecture 48-Biochemistry of teeth-O'connor   Lecture 49-Bone formation -O'connor   Lecture 50-Mineral metabolism-christakos   Lectures 51,52-vitamins-lea   Lecture 53-artificial sweeteners-modak

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       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    Eeam II 2012     Exam II A Key     Exam II B Key

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