MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2015/2016
- Teacher
- MARIA ROBERTA PIVA
- Credits
- 2
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- BIO/11
Training objectives
- To improve knowledge on molecular mechanisms of normal and pathological cellular processes, and particularly about methods and experimental issues.
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of chemistry, biochemistry, cellular biology and genetics
Course programme
- The regulation of gene expression.
Hormones and second messengers.
From gene to disease.
Molecular mechanisms involved in the differentiation of stem cells.
Methods of molecular biology. Didactic methods
- Theoretical lessons.
Learning assessment procedures
- Oral exam
Reference texts
- Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter, Biologia molecolare della cellula, Zanichelli Ed.
JD Watson, TA Baker, SP Bell, A Gann, M Levine, R Losick, Biologia Molecolare del Gene, Zanichelli Ed.
