BCHM661

Prerequisite: BSCI410 and BCHM465. Topics covered: Chemistry and structure of DNA and RNA, from nucleotides to chromatin, chromosomes, and genomes, and some methods for studying, synthesizing, sequencing and manipulating nucleic acids. Rudimentary genomics and bioinformatics. DNA Biology: selected aspects of the biochemistry and regulation of DNA replication, repair, and recombination, and how these processes interact with each other.