Molecular Biology First Semester syllabus for MSc Biotechnology and MSc Microbiology

DETAILS: 

COURSE NAME: Molecular Biology
PROGRAM: M.Sc. Biotechnology and  M.Sc. Microbiology 
SEMESTER: One
CREDITS: Three
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Sanjay Pal, Dr. Nandita Mishra

Syllabus

History of molecular biology, Methods in Molecular Biology. DNA-Protein interactions, Transcription in prokaryotes, Control of prokaryotic transcription, Transcription in Eukaryotes, Post transcriptional events, Transcriptional regulation, Translation  and translational regulation, post translational modification, RNA and Protein export and its regulation. Replication and enzymology, DNA damage and repair, Systems Biology, Bioinformatics.        

Text Books

1. Alberts B. et al (2008) Molecular Biology of the cell. 5thedition. Garland Science.
2. Weaver, Robert Franklin (2012) Molecular biology. 5thedition. McGraw Hill, New York.