Instructor(s)
Prof. Jonathan King
MIT Course Number
7.88J / 5.48J / 10.543J
As Taught In
Spring 2015
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course covers amino acid sequence control of protein folding, misfolding, amyloid polymerization and aggregation. Readings and discussions address topics such as chaperone structure and function, folding and assembly of fibrous proteins, and pathologies associated with protein misfolding and aggregation in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's and other protein deposition diseases. Students are required to write and present a research paper.
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