Location: ICBR Education and Training Lab at 184 Cancer & Genetics Research Center Building

Credits: 2
Prereq: AGR 3303 or HOS 3305 and PCB 3063

Molecular Biology is the branch of biology that studies the structure and function of macro molecules that encode and regulate the flow of genetic information used by living organisms. This course will provide students with hands-on experience in the most basic laboratory methods used to isolate, clone and analyze nucleic acid sequences. Through a balanced combination of lectures and direct experimentation, students will learn how to use current bioinformatics resources to identify specific DNA sequences, design primers for PCR amplification of these sequences which will be cloned, and sequenced. Students will carry out a basic structural analysis of the cloned sequences and analyze some aspects of their pattern of expression. In addition, the class will carry out some plant transformation experiments.

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