Basic Chemistry Concepts.
"Ball and Stick" Model of a Heme group. This group is part of a larger molecule, hemoglobin. Grey=Carbon, Blue= Nitrogen, Red= Oxygen. Hydrogens not shown.
 Chemists are fond of teasing biologists by claiming that all biology is chemistry*. While this isn't quite true, in order to make sense of the structure of cells and organisms a little chemistry goes a long way.

*Of course the physisists say that all chemistry is physics!

Created 8/22/96;Revised PGD

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    • Created 8/22/96;

    Revised 6/15/99 PGD