Rule #2: Learning on a Need-To-Know Basis

Context: Fear leads to an increase in blood glucose levels.

 

Topics

Study Guide Readings

Traditional Approach

  • polymers of glucose

pp 63 - 70

Chapter 5

  • covalent bonds

pp 32 - 36

Chapter 2

  • protein stucture

pp 73 -81

Chapter 5

  • enzymes and modulation

pp 97 - 105

Chapter 6

  • hormones

pp 912 - 914

Chapter 41

  • membranes

pp 140 - 145

Chapter 8

  • lipids

pp 70 - 72

Chapter 5

  • proteins in membranes

pp 73 - 81 (revisited)

Chapter 5

  • nucleotides

pp 83 - 85

Chapter 5

  • signal transduction

pages from Study Guide

not in text

  • ligands and receptors
    plus cAMP

pp 915 - 920

Chapter 41

  • cascades and return to normal

pages from Study Guide

not in text



Images used with this section of Study Guide



ATP



cAMP

These images were taken from RasMol representations of ATP and cAMP.
These images can be viewed in 3D and accessed by students from the Davidson College Biology Department web page.



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