HLSC-124 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2,4: Alpha And Beta Carbon, Tortora, Carboxylic Acid
14 Sep 2016
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Hlst 124: in class notes + textbook notes. Tortora, g. , funke, b. , & case, c. (2016). The golden age of microbiology con"t: e. jenner 1798. Smallpox/ cowpox was killing mass amounts of people: he took the fluid from a blister and injected it into a subject that individual became immune to smallpox, the idea of vaccination was accredited to pasteur despite jenner"s work. Naming organisms: basillus anthracis, basillus- capitalized because it is the family (genus) name. May indicate shape, arrangement or other trait: anthracis- not capitalized because it is the species name. *know what names were in the power point. Organic molecules contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. Proteins are produced based on instructions imbedded in genes. Complex structures made-up of individual monomers called amino acids all organisms use approx. 20 types of amino acids alpha amino acids all contain at least one carboxyl(-cooh), one amino(-nh2), and a side group attached to a carbon atom (alpha carbon)
