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MaTERIAL AND QUESTIONS FOR OCT 13, 2008

Additional questions for Oct 13, 2008. Please refer to questions posted one week earlier.

6. How does the cell prevent oxidative damage to proteins?

7. How does the cell repair oxidized proteins?

8. What special role do methionine side chains play in protein oxidative damage?

9. Why might unscheduled DNA repair be relevant to life span?

Here you can download at least two of the three articles that will be discussed on October 13.

Stadtman, 1992

Shart and Setlow, 1974, 1992

You may be able to obtain Harman 1956 if you have a subscription for Science/AAAS or you request a free subscription. The link is

Harman, 1956

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