Molecular Basis for Disease

Course Syllabus for BCMB 8160



Class will begin Monday January 12, 2009.

Room B118 in the Life Sciences Building
3:30 - 5:00



For more information please contact:

Dr. Richard Steet (706)583-5550
rsteet@ccrc.uga.edu


Date Lecture Paper(s)
Jan. 12th class introduction
phenylketonuria (PKU)
[1999] PNAS v. 96 pp. 2339-2344 (Sarkissian)
[1999] PNAS v. 96 pp. 1811-813 (Comentary on Sarkissian by Levy)
[2008] PNAS v. 105 pp. 20894-20899 (Sarkissian)
Jan. 19th no class (Gordon Conference)
Jan. 26th hyperuricemia (gout)
[2006] Nature v. 440 pp. 237-241 (Martinon)
[2007] Joint Bone Spine v. 74 pp. 571-576 (Pétrilli Review)
Feb. 2nd Niemann-Pick type C [2008] Nature Medicine v. 14 pp. 1247-1255 (Lloyd-Evans et.al.)
[2005] J. Biol. Chem. v. 280 pp. 20917-20920 (Chang et. al. Review)
[2006] FEBS Letters v. 580 pp. 5518-5524 (Vance Review)
[2008] Expert Rev. Mol. Med. v. 10 doi:10.1017/S146239940800080X
          (Pacheco et. al. Review)
Feb. 9th sucrase-isomaltase deficiency [2006] J. Biol. Chem. v. 281 pp. 14393-14399 (Keiser et. al.)
Feb. 16th cystic fibrosis [2004] Nature Medicine v. 10 pp. 487-493 (Frizzell et. al.)
[2004] Nature Medicine v. 10 pp. 452-454 (Commentary on Frizzell et. al. by Mall et. al.)
[2007] Drug Discov. Today Dis. Mech. v. 4 pp. 63-72 (Clunes and Boucher Review)
Feb. 23rd Duchenne muscular dystrophy [2007] Pediatric Neurology v. 36 pp. 1-7 (Deconinck and Dan, Review)
[2008] Genes and Development v. 22 pp. 1747-1752 (Vidal et. al.)
Mar. 2nd Class Canceled Due to Snow
Mar. 9th no class (Spring Break)
Mar. 16th ECM disorders (Marfan syndrome) [2006] Science v. 312 pp. 117-121 (Habashi, et. al.)
[2006] Science v. 312 pp. 36-37 (Commentary on Habashi et. al. by Travis)
[2007] Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev. v. 17 pp. 252-258 (Ramirez and Dietz, Review)
Mar. 23rd Alzheimer's Disease [2008] J. Biol. Chem. v. 283 pp. 29645-29649 (Leissring, Review)
[2008] Neuron v. 60 pp. 247-257 (Sun et. al.)
Mar. 30th prions (Creuzfeldt-Jacob) [2007] Nature v. 447 pp. 556-561 (Tessier & Lindquist)
[2007] Nature v. 447 pp. 541-542 (Commentary on Tessier & Lindquist by Surewicz)
[2009] Biochemistry v. 48 pp. 2574-2585 (Cobb & Surewicz, Review)
Apr. 6th M. tuberculosis [2003] Microbes & Infection v. 5 pp. 159-167 (Zahrt, Review)
[2004] Cell v. 119 pp. 753-766 (Gutierrez et. al.)
[2005] Cell v. 120 pp. 159-162 (Levine, minireview)
Apr. 13th HIV [2003] Nature v. 424 pp. 21-22 (Gu & Sundquist, News & Views)
[2003] Nature v. 424 pp. 94-98 (Zhang et. al.)
[2003] Nature v. 424 pp. 99-103 (Mangeat et. al.)
Apr. 20th HIV paper / exam review
Apr. 27th comprehensive final exam
Apr. 30th special topics and wrap-up