Molecular Biology and BioinformaticsLaajuus (5 cr)
Course unit code: 5O00BP36
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
Objectives
The student is able to
- describe the structure, function and regulation of procaryotic and eucaryotic genes and genomes
- explain the most common molecular biology methods used for gene amplification, cloning, modification and analysis
- apply the theoretical knowledge in laboratory
- interpret the laboraory results and analyze sources of error
- describe the applilcation areas of bioinformatics
- the basics of bioinformatics computer programs and biological databases
Content
- genetic information flow
- genes and genomes
- gene regulation
- molecular biology methods
- basics of bioinformatics
- practical laboratory work