Tuesday: Introduction to Nucleic Acid Structure
Goals of the day - Primary and secondary structure in DNA. Watson-Crick base pairing, the Double Helix.

• My lecture notes nucleic acid structure
• Read V&V Ch. 7.6, 29 or MofL Ch 1B
• Additional Reading
• Ho & Carter DNA Structure: Alphabet Soup for the Cellular Soul

Thursday: More on Nucleic Acid Structure
Goals of the day - Secondary and tertiary structure in DNA. Watson-Crick base pairing, the Double Helix and its stability

• My lecture notes nucleic acid structure
• Read V&V Ch. 7.6, 29 or MofL Ch. 2
• My powerpoint slides
• Additional Reading
• Saenger et al. (1986) Economics of Phosphate Hydration
• Butcher and Pyle (2011) The Molecular Interactions That Stabilize RNA Tertiary Structure
plus... A YouTube Video!