Some Useful References for the Course
Protein Science
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Introduction to Protein Structure, Branden, C. and Tooze, J. (1999) 2nd edition, Garland Publishing, New York
This is the textbook which most nearly covers the material of the PPS course. Buy yourself a copy!
An associated CD-ROM is also available.
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Proteins, Creighton, T.E. (1993) 2nd edition, W.H. Freeman &
Co., New York
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Principles of Protein Structure, Schulz, G.E. and Schirmer, R.H.
(1979) Springer-Verlag, New York
This book is a classic, and although although 20 years old, the principles are still the
same and are concisely and excellently presented in this book.
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Protein Structure - New Approaches to Disease and Therapy, Perutz,
M. (1992) W.H. Freeman & Co., New York
Biochemistry
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Fundamentals of Biochemistry, Voet, D., Voet C. W., and Pratt, J.G. (1999),
John Wiley & Sons, New York
An excellent introduction to biochemistry. Although it goes beyond the PPS course, it sets
structure and function into context and comes with a useful CD-ROM.
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Biochemistry, Stryer, L., (1995) 4th edition, W.H. Freeman &
Co., New York
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Principles of Biochemistry, Zubay, G.L., Parson, W.W. and Vance,
D.E. (1995) Wm. C. Brown, Dubuque, Iowa
Cell Biology
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Molecular Cell Biology, Darnell, J., Lodish, H. and Baltimore, D.
(1995) 3rd edition, W.H. Freeman & Co., New York
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Molecular Biology of The Cell, Alberts, B., Bray, D., Lewis, J.,
Raff, M., Roberts, K. and Watson, J.D. (1994) 3rd edition, Garland Publishing,
New York
Hypertextbooks
BioComputing,
for the VSNS-Biocomputing Division Course
Biology,
developed by Shane Crotty, MIT
Course/Tutorial
on Cell Biology, Mark Dalton, Cray Research.
Useful, but incomplete with some broken links.