BIOL 4801 - Advanced Cellular and Molecular Biology

4 hours

Prerequisites: BIOL 3101, BIOL 3102. Recommended Prerequisite: BIOL 4115. Students will examine current topics in cellular and molecular biology with emphasis on higher-order chromatin structure and transcription, mutability, and DNA repair mechanisms in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Other topics include: Nuclear hormone receptors, HOX gene activation in development, RNAi, and genome organization. Three one-hour lectures and one three-hour lab required per week.