Molecular Biology & Gene Expression
A 18-module path through molecular biology & gene expression, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- The Central Dogma: Chemical Logic of Information Flow
- DNA Replication: The Semiconservative Mechanism
- Chemistry of Chain Elongation: DNA Polymerase Catalysis
- The Replication Fork and Its Machinery
- Fidelity and Proofreading in DNA Synthesis
- DNA Repair as a Guardian of the Genome
- Transcription: Overview and RNA Polymerase
- Promoters, Initiation, and Termination of Transcription
- Eukaryotic RNA Processing: Capping, Splicing, Polyadenylation
- The Genetic Code: Structure and Properties
- tRNA and Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases
- Translation and the Genetic Code: Overview
- The Ribosome and the Elongation Cycle
- Protein Targeting and the Secretory Pathway
- Post-Translational Modification of Proteins
- Regulation of Gene Expression: Chemical Logic
- Epigenetics and Chromatin-Level Control
- Recombinant DNA and Genomics: Tools and Concepts