BIOL 551B Prokaryotic Genetics
BIOL 551. PROKARYOTIC GENETICS (Credits, 4 hours). (Lecture, 2 hrs; Lab., 4 hours per week). This course is designed to familiarize students with topics associated with gene organization, chromosome structure, regulation of gene action, gene mutation, repair and transfer and genetic recombination. Laboratory exercises involve properties and structural study of DNA, analysis of a genome segment, polymerase chain reaction, DNA sequencing, DNA fingerprinting, and cloning of phage DNA in E. coli cells. (Prerequisites: Chemistry 340, 342.)
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