BIOL 424 - Molecular Genetics

Credit Hours: 4

Prerequisites: BIOL 308, CHEM 208 CHEM 409 Strongly Suggested BIOL 290 suggested
Coordinated lecture/laboratory class covering classical molecular and cellular biochemistry as well as modern molecular genetics. Study of the manner in which genetic information is carried in DNA and how DNA directs the synthesis of proteins in bacterial and eukaryotic cells and their associated viruses. Specific topics to be covered include mechanisms governing gene expression, metabolic control system, gene therapy, oncogenesis, molecular genetics of genetic diversity, molecular basis of human diseases, and a review of known disease-causing genes such as the cystic fibrosis gene, Huntington’s chorea gene, and the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy gene.