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Course overview

Topics include: organisation of genetic material in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, DNA replication, transcription, translation, regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

Textbooks

1. Watson, James D., Baker, Tania A., Bell, Stephen P., Gann, Alexander, Levine, Michael, Losick, Richard. Molecular Biology of the Gene. 5th ed. Benjamin Cummings, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2004. (required)

2. Alberts, Bruce, Johnson, Alexander, Lewis, Julian, Raff, Martin, Roberts, Keith, Walter, Peter. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 4th ed. New York and London:Garland Science, 2002. (required for topic 1)

3. Turner, P.C., McLennan, A.G., Bates, A.D., and White M.R.H. Instant Notes in Molecular Biology. BIOS Scientific Publishers Limited, 1997. (optional)

Pre-requisites

Biochemistry

Genetics

Grading

Activities Points
Mid-term exam 1 X/10
Seminar presentation (optional) (Y/10)
Final exam Z/10
Total X + (Y) + 2Z/10

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Source:  OpenStax, Molecular biology of the gene. OpenStax CNX. Jul 29, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col10799/1.1
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