BIOT240 — Principles of Nucleic Acid Methods
An introduction to the theory of common molecular biology methods used in the study of nucleic acids. Topics include the structure of DNA and RNA, DNA isolation and sequencing, an introduction to genomics and bioinformatics, probe design and hybridization, PCR, microarrays, RNA isolation, enzymes used in molecular biology, principles of cloning including the use of vectors for sequencing and expression. Three hours lecture. 3 semester hours Course
Prerequisites: BIOL150, CHEM131, BIOT200