MICR 302

 

Introduction to Molecular Biology


Dr. Kelly Bender

Dr. Laurie Achenbach

Department of Microbiology

Offered: Spring semester
Time: 12:00-1:00am MWF

Syllabus 302 2012 (pdf)

Lecture Topics:

See Blackboard to download slides for Dr. Bender's lectures ('Bacteria' to 'Biotech Products')

Bacteria
Basic Genetics
DNA Structure
Replication
Transcription
Translation
Gene Transfer
DNA Techniques
Biotech Products
Eukaryotic Gene Organization and Expression
Mutations
Inherited Human Disease
Cancer and Aging
Transgenic Plants and Animals
Polymerase chain reaction
Forensics
Human Ancestry
RNA regulation and interference
Viruses and Viroids
Plasmids
Transposable Elements
Biological Warfare
Infectious Disease
 
 Animations of replication, transcription and translation
 
 
 
Other course information is provided on a "NEED TO CLONE" basis.

Little Bo Peep
Has lost her sheep
And doesn't know where to find them.

Leave them to roam,
They can be cloned,
We've kept some genes behind, Ma'am.

line of sheep

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