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| GENE0002-1 | Molecular genetics of microorganisms
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| Duration : | 12h Th, 10h Pr, 2h SEM |
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| Holder(s) : | Micheline Vandenbol |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | *Yeasts as microbial model systems
- life cycles
- study of some biological functions and their regulation
- genetic elements : structure and functions
- methods in classical genetics and reverse genetics + practical works
- methods in molecular genetics of microorganisms + practical works
- applications in Biotechnology
*Methods in microbial genomics and functional genomics + practical approaches
*Introduction to metagenomics. |
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| Course objective : | Overview of several microorganisms presented as biological models and contributing to the development of specific topics of microbial genetics. Overview of specialized methods developed in molecular genetics of microorganisms
After completing the course the student is expected to
apply the recent methods of molecular genetics of microorganisms. |
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| Prerequisites : | -- AM201 - General microbiology
-- KT202 - Molecular biology (1st Part) |
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| Organization : | Lectures : 12h
Practical Works : 10h
Seminars : 2h |
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| Written notes : | Introduction à l'analyse génétique (Griffiths et al, ed.), 2002, De Boeck Université, Bruxelles, 878 pages
Microbiologie (Prescott et al., eds), 2003, De Boeck Université, Bruxelles, 1164 pages
Yeast Physiology and Biotechnology (Walker, ed), 1998, Wiley, 350 pages
Genomes (T.A. Brown), 2004, Ed Flammarion, 472 pages
La levure (P. Thuriaux), 2004, ed Belin, 282 pages.
Livres et articles récents en génétique des levures. |
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| Assessment : | Written examination (100%) |
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