Molecular Biology

This course covers fundamental aspects of molecular biology with emphasis on human genome: composition, chemical and physical properties, genes, and gene products. The course covers most DNA-associated processes such as replication, transcription, translation, as well as DNA transposition, recombination and rearrangements, gene expression, and recent advances in molecular biology. The course aims at providing basic knowledge necessary to understand the importance of the central dogma in molecular biology and the more advanced concepts such as genetic engineering or recombinant DNA technology.