LIFESCI 3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Structural Rigidity, Gc-Content, Tautomer
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Enzymes, lab techniques ii, and the genome. Intro to ls3 and history of molecular biology. Exams 1 and 2 are multiple choice with some short answer and fill in the blank. Can miss 3 lectures (starting next tuesday) without penalty. Can miss 1 discussion section without penalty. Collected in class each tuesday, graded based on effort. Course outline: background and biochemistry, experiments (history) leading to discovery of genetic material, structure of dna, rna, and proteins, genome structure, (molecular) biological processes, dna replication and repair, gene expression (transcription, rna splicing, translation, regulation of gene expression. Study of structure and function of essential macromolecules (dna, rna, proteins) and the biological pathways (transformations) between them. By studying simple model organisms, many molecular biology discoveries of biological pathways have been made. Ie. bacteria, bacteriophage (bacterial virus), yeast (single celled eukaryote), c. elegans (neurobiology), fruit fly (genetic), zebrafish (embryos), mice. Dna is protected by a double membrane bound nucleus.
