BIOMG 3320

Principles of Biochemistry: Molecular Biology

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Comprehensive course in molecular biology that covers the structure and properties of DNA, DNA replication and repair, synthesis and processing of RNA and proteins, the regulation of gene expression, and the principles and applications of recombinant DNA technologies, genomics, and proteomics.

Prerequisites one majors-level biology course. Prerequisite or corequisite: one course in organic chemistry, or permission of instructor.

Forbidden Overlaps BIOMG 3300, BIOMG 3320, BIOMG 3350, NS 3200

Distribution Requirements (OPHLS-AG)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

Learning Outcomes

• Discuss and describe in writing: Nucleic acids (chemical composition, biological function, DNA sequence evolution, nucleic acid technologies and techniques, recombinant DNA), Genomes (composition, complexity and diversity), Sequencing (from gene fragments to whole-genomes, comparative genomics), Chromatin (genome and DNA topology, associated proteins, higher-order structures), DNA replication and recombination (mechanisms, repair, telomeres), Transcription (prokaryotic and eukaryotic; regulation), RNA (classes, processing; non-coding RNA), Translation (genetic code, mechanism, proteomics; post-translational modifications).
• Think analytically and use quantitative reasoning to solve biochemical problems.
• Formulate conclusions based on the analysis of biochemical experimental results.

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