Chemistry 454- Biochemistry II

Web Resources/Reading Assignments:

Chem 454 Reading Assignments:

1. How Diabetes Works- This is good...really
2. Causes of Diabetes-PDF article
3. Biochemical Explanation of Damage Caused by Diabetes-PDF Article
4. General Review of Metabolic Syndrome
   

1. KEGG-Metabolic Pathways Database- the King of metabolism
2. EXPASY Metabolism Database - for "visual learners"
3. KEGG complete databases incluidng gemome searches and drug database.
   
4. Medical Biochemistry. Here is a great site covering all basic aspects of biochemistry and metabolism.
5. The Protein Data Bank. Search here to find out if there is a known structure for a given drug target protein.
6. OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man). The ultimate genetic disorder resource. EVERYTHING is here.

General and Search Engine Resources

1. PubMed-This is a very good Medline journal search tool which also provides abstracts
2. ISI Web of Science- A great place to search for abstracts for most any journal by author or subject
3. A Medical Terminology Dictionary. You'll need this if you ever hope to understand whether you should be insulted if accused of "intermittent claudication"!