Advanced Molecular Biology

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This is a seminar-based course where students will present and discuss recent papers on selected topics covering eukaryotic gene expression. Topics change yearly and may include understanding chromatin structure and its modification, transcriptional regulatory proteins and their interactions with RNA polymerase, regulation of transcription initiation, elongation, regulation of mRNA processing, nuclear export, and translational control mechanisms. This course applies towards the Biology Major and the concentration in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology with in it. This course applies to the Biology of Global Health Major.