BIOCHEMISTRY (C)
cod. 1002296

Academic year 2013/14
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Biochimica (BIO/10)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
14 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Learning objectives

Be able to describe and discuss the characteristics, structure function and the mechanism of action of vitamins. Know and apply the knowledge about the biochemical mechanisms of blood coagulation. Know and apply the knowledge about the biochemical mechanisms of maintenance of calcium homeostasis.

Prerequisites

To be eligible to take the examination of Biochemistry and Systematic Human Dynamics at the end of the second year of the course, students must have passed the examinations:
1) Introductory Biochemistry and Chemistry
2) Histology

Course unit content

Structure functions and mechanism of action of vitamins. Biochemical mechanisms of blood coagulation. Biochemical mechanisms of calcium homeostasis.

Full programme

Vitamins: nutritional aspects, structure, mechanism of action. Vitamin A and the mechanism light perception. Coordinated actions of vitamin D and parathyroid hormone in the regulation of serum calcium. Vitamin K: role in the maturation of clotting factors. Blood coagulation: molecular events of the intrinsic, extrinsic and common pathway. Mechanisms of clot dissolution.

Bibliography

Nelson DL, Cox MM: I principi di Biochimica di Lehninger, Zanichelli, Bologna.
Lewin, Krebs, Goldstein, Kilpatrick: Il gene. Zanichelli, Bologna.
Amaldi, Benedetti, Pesole, Plevani: Biologia Molecolare. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano.
Lieberman, Marks: Biochimica Medica, un approccio clinico. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano.
Baynes JW, Dominiczak MH: Biochimica per le discipline biomediche, Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia.
Caldarera CM: Biochimica Sistematica Umana, CLUEB, Bologna.
Devlin TM: Biochimica con aspetti clinici. Wiley-Liss, New York.
Garrett RH, Grisham CM: Biochimica. Piccin, Padova.
Mathews CK, van Holde KE, Ahern KG: Biochimica, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano.
Murray RK, Granner DK, Mayes PA, Rodwell VW; Harper Biochimica, McGraw-Hill Libri Italia srl, Milano.
Siliprandi, Tettamanti: Biochimica Medica, Piccin. Padova.
Voet D, Voet JG: Biochimica John Wiley & Sons, USA.

Teaching methods

lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

Written and oral exam

Other information

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