Principles of Biochemistry: Molecular Biology

Topics

• Discuss and describe in writing: Nucleic acids (chemical composition, biological function, DNA sequence evolution, nucleic acid technologies and techniques, recombinant DNA), Genomes (composition, complexity and diversity), Sequencing (from gene fragments to whole-genomes, comparative genomics), Chromatin (genome and DNA topology, associated proteins, higher-order structures), DNA replication and recombination (mechanisms, repair, telomeres), Transcription (prokaryotic and eukaryotic; regulation), RNA (classes, processing; non-coding RNA), Translation (genetic code, mechanism, proteomics; post-translational modifications).
• Think analytically and use quantitative reasoning to solve biochemical problems.
• Formulate conclusions based on the analysis of biochemical experimental results.
• Discuss and describe in writing: Nucleic acids (chemical composition, biological function, DNA sequence evolution, nucleic acid technologies and techniques, recombinant DNA), Genomes (composition, complexity and diversity), Sequencing (from gene fragments to whole-genomes, comparative genomics), Chromatin (genome and DNA topology, associated proteins, higher-order structures), DNA replication and recombination (mechanisms, repair, telomeres), Transcription (prokaryotic and eukaryotic; regulation), RNA (classes, processing; non-coding RNA), Translation (genetic code, mechanism, proteomics; post-translational modifications).

Official roster learning outcomes