An in-depth adventure through DNA replication and repair to strengthen your scientific thinking and experimental design skills.
Molecular Biology - Part 1: DNA Replication and Repair
Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MITx Online
Overview
Syllabus
- How to compare and contrast the mechanisms of DNA replication in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
- How to describe several enzymatic mechanisms that the cell uses to repair or tolerate DNA damage
- How to analyze protein structures to infer functional information
- How to design methods for the best experiment to test a hypothesis related to DNA replication or repair proteins
- How to interpret data from DNA replication and repair experiments
Taught by
Stephen Bell, Tania Baker, Mary Ellen Wiltrout, Darcy Gordon, Sera Thornton, and Nathaniel Schafheimer
