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Gene regulation, genomics and biotechnology

Canonical unit B17

• Controlling gene expression: which genes a cell actually reads
  Transcription factors and how they change the rate of transcription of a specific gene, the lac operon as the prokaryoti…
• 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 betwee…
• Recombinant DNA: getting a gene out, in, and working
  Obtaining a gene by reverse transcriptase from mRNA, by restriction endonucleases and by the gene machine; sticky ends a…
• 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 o…