Students will have a comprehensive view of how the information flow from DNA to proteins is managed in cells.  The students must recall previously-learned concepts of genetics and build new information on these basic concepts.

The topics we will cover are:

Chapter 4 Content of Genome Chapter 5 Genome  sequences and evolution

Chapter 9,10,11. DNA replication (+ read chapter 10 (Klug) for prokaryotes)

Chapter 13-16. Homologous and site-specific recombination, Somatic DNA recombination

Chapter 14. DNA repair

Chapter 15. Transposable  elements and retroviruses

Chapter 18. Eukaryotic transcription (+ read Chapter 17 for prokaryotes)

Chapter 19. Splicing and processing

Chapter 20. mRNA stability and localization

Chapter 21/29. Catalytic RNA and Non-coding RNA

Chapter 22/23. Translation (eukaryotic)

Chapter 26 Eukaryotic gene regulation (+ read Chapter 24 for prokaryotes)