Molecular Biology

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Franck Dequiedt

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course on Molecular biology will allow to the students to discover the basic mechanisms that gover gene expression and regulation

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Allow an understanding of DNA replication, gene transcription, translation and targeting of cellular proteins. This course will also allow to the students to understand important differences between pro- and eukaryotes. On some occasion, we will discover how pharmacological agents can influence gene expression.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Pré-requis: Biologie 2
Co-requis: General Biochemistry

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

No praticals

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

face-to-Face

Recommended or required readings

Text books are Genes X by B. Lewin (Ed. Jones & Bartlett, USA) and Molecular Biology of the gene by James Watson et al. (Ed. Pearson Education). A CDRom with all the figures shown during the course will be distributed at the first lesson.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written examination

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Student identification card will be mandatory to obtain the access to the written examination. In case of non presentation of the card, acces to the examination will be denied.

Contacts

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