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Gene regulation, genomics and biotechnology

Unit B17 · 4 lessons published so far.

• Control of gene expression: which genes a cell reads
  Transcription factors and how they change the rate of transcription of a specific gene, the lac operon as the prokaryotic worked example, oestrogen…
• Mutation and cancer: what goes wrong, and where it goes wrong
  Types of gene mutation and their consequences at protein level, why many substitutions are silent, the difference between a mutation in a gene and…
• Recombinant DNA technology: isolating, inserting and expressing a gene
  Obtaining a gene by reverse transcriptase from mRNA, by restriction endonucleases and by the gene machine; sticky ends and DNA ligase; plasmid…
• Genomes, screening and gene therapy: what a sequence is good for
  DNA sequencing and what a genome project actually produces, DNA probes and microarrays, genetic screening and the role of genetic counselling, DNA…