BIOL317 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
| Course Code: | 2380317 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Biology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. AYŞE GÜL GÖZEN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Student will know and recite the structures of informational molecules. They will know and recite the basics of DNA replication, transcription, translation, genetic coding system.
Course Content
An introductory course offered to non-Biology students, covering the structure and properties of biomolecules, their interactions, organization of genes on chromosomes, replication and transcription of genetic material, protein synthesis and genetic engineering techniques.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the students will be able to
- Draw the generic structure of a nucleotide and an amino acid
- Name the informational biomolecules
- List the enzymes working in DNA replication
- Describe transcription
- Recite the sequence of events that take place in translation
- Solve problems dealing with the genetic code
- Categorise the mutagenic agents
- Illustrate types of chromosomal and point mutations
- List the phenotypic outcomes of point mutations
- Design open reading frames
- Explain how gene expression is controlled
- illustrate the steps of gene cloning
- Summarize the DNA profiling techniques
- Compare and contrast the eukaryotic and prokaryotic molecular biology
- List the ways of gene transfer in bacteria