Chair: Christian R. H. Raetz, M.D., Ph.D. The program of study in the Department of Biochemistry encompasses nontraditional areas, including molecular genetics, cell biology and physical chemistry, and traditional areas such as enzymology, metabolism, bioenergetics and the structure and function of nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and other natural products. Through the study of biomedical concepts, students develop a language of modern biology necessary for understanding the biological and biomedical sciences. Crystal structure of mammalian protein farnesyltransferase. The structure was determined in the laboratory of Dr. Lorena S. Beese.   For further information, contact: Director of Graduate Studies Department of Biochemistry Duke University Medical Center DUMC 3711 Durham, NC 27710 919-681-8770 bgs@biochem.duke.edu

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