Sufficient knowledge of nucleic acids and molecular biology methods to understand nucleic acid sequence data and gene regulation.
Basics of molecular genetics; Transcription and translation; RNA splicing and alternative splicing; Gene regulation.
Lectures (20 h); assignments and/or essays; tutorial sessions; final examination on lectured topics and selected parts of the books below.
Watson-Baker-Bell-Gann-Levine-Losick: Molecular Biology of the Gene (6th Ed., 2008) ISBN 978-0805395921
Organization responsible: Tampere IMT