Courses Catalogue

Microbial Genetics And Molecular Biology

Course Code: MCB 315
Credit Unit: 3
Academic Programme: Bachelor of Science Degree in Microbiology
Faculty: Microbiology
Status: Core
Programme Type: Bachelor

Course Description

Genetic studies of microorganisms (Grifffith’s experiment, Avery’s experiment Hershy and Chase T2 phage life cycle , Beadle and Tatum hypothesis); Metabolic pathways, genes and chromosomes, nucleic acids, DNA replication theories (conservative, semi–conservative, and dispersive theories ), transcription and translation, gene expression and regulation, locating and isolating genes and regulation, gene sequencing, protein synthesis. Recombinant DNA technology, locating and isolating genes( from donor to host, DNA vector , gene cloning controlling gene expression DNA profiling and DNA fingerprinting.