Syllabus

DNA/RNA structure and topology

Large-scale organization, epigenetics

DNA melting, hybridization, cot1/2, repetitive DNA

Restriction enzymes, mapping, plasmids, transformation

DNA replication: topology of replication, enzymology

Transcription, prokaryotes, eukaryotes

Translation and post-translational modifications

Regulation: bacterial, viral, eukaryotic

RNAi, small non-transcribed RNAs

Repair and recombination