<p>Lecture, five hours; discussion, two hours. Requisites: courses 153A, 153B, 153C, 156. Three-dimensional structure of DNA and RNA. Sequence-specific recognition of DNA and RNA. RNA-catalyzed processes, including self-splicing and peptide bond formation. Letter grading.</p>

Chemistry and Biochemistry

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College of Letters and Science

Chemistry is concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of substances, the transformations of these substances into others by reactions, and the kinds of energy changes that accompany these reactions.

General Catalog

Nucleic Acid Structure and Catalysis

CHEM 269C

2 units