Course title
分子生物学   [Molecular Biology]
Course category		Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	1～	Semester	3rd
Course type	3rd	Course code	01bn1005
Instructor(s)
佐々木 信光   [SASAKI Nobumitsu]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office	Gene Research Center E18	Email address

Course description

This course provides the opportunity to learn what nucleic acids and protein are and how these molecules regulate gene replication, transcription and translation to proteins, from the viewpoint of the basic principle of self-replication and life maintenance of the life. Learners also study the basics of gene recombination and gene analysis techniques on the basis of the basic principle of molecular biology.

Expected Learning

Learner are expected to learn basic knowledges to understand phenomena of the life at molecular levels, and describe these with technical terms by themselves.

Course schedule

15 periods in total. 1. Introduction of molecular biology 2. Structures and basic roles of nucleic acids and proteins 3. Replication of DNA (1) 4. Replication of DNA (2) 5. DNA repair 6. Transcription mechanism (1) 7. Transcription mechanism (2) 8. Translation mechanism (1) 9. Translation mechanism (2) 10. Protein modification and quality control 11. Gene expression regulation in procaryotes (1) 12. Gene expression regulation in procaryotes (2) 13. Plasmids and viruses 14. Development of molecular biology-based gene engineering 15. Summary and Examination

Prerequisites

Learning basic biology in advance is helpful.

Required Text(s) and Materials

Handouts are uploaded in moodle.

References

Assessment/Grading

Examination 100%

Message from instructor(s)

I hope you enjoy learning basic mechanisms of how the life is maintained by molecules such as DNA, RNA, and proteins.

Course keywords

DNA, RNA, protein, replication, transcription, translation

Office hours

(Mon-Fri) 10:00〜18:00

Remarks 1

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Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

Last update

3/6/2019 9:24:15 AM