The objective of the course is to provide the basics of the chemistry of living matter from its propaedeutic fundamentals.
Metodi Didattici
Frontal lessons
Verifica Apprendimento
Written exam consisting of questions relating to the lectures
Testi
Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry; Lodish, Molecular Cell Biology 9e
Contenuti
Biological processes at the molecular level; structure, properties, and functions of biomolecules, including proteins and nucleic acids; molecular and regulatory mechanisms of biotransformations, enzyme catalysis, metabolism, fermentations, gene expression and regulation, signal transduction, intra- and intercellular communications.