Assignments for Part One of BMB 400

Fall 2002

Genes, Nucleic Acids, Genomes and Chromosomes

Date

Chapter

Pages

Questions/Problems

Topic

Aug 28

1

5-40

1.1-1.10

1. Fundamental properties of genes:

Aug 30

2

47-66

2.1-2.7

2. Structures of nucleic acids

Sep 02

 

 

 

LABOR DAY

Sep 04

2

67-80

2.8-2.16

 

Sep 06

3

91-105

3.1-3.4

3. Isolating and analyzing genes: Recombinant DNA technology, PCR

Sep 09

3

106-114

3.5-3.11

cDNA clones and genomic clones

Sep 11

3

115-134

3.12-3.15

Eukaryotic gene structure

Sep 13

4

145-158

4.1, 4.3-4.5

4. Genomes and chromosomes: Kinetics and genome components

Sep 16

4

158-176

4.2, 4.6-4.9

Sequences of genomes

Sep 18

4

177-190

4.10-4.15

Chromatin

Sep 20

 

 

 

EXAMINATION #1

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Answers to problems from Part One are on pages 199-237.