BIOPL 4831 - Concepts and Techniques in Plant Molecular Biology

(crosslisted)
(also BIOMG 4831, PLPA 4831, PLBR 4831)

Fall. 3 credits. S–U or letter grade option.

Prerequisite: BIOMG 2810 and BIOMG 3300 or BIOMG 3320, or equivalents. Recommended prerequisite: BIOMG 3310. Lec.

M. Scanlon, M. Hanson, and T. Owens.

Introductory module that provides a broad overview of molecular biology concepts relevant to the plant sciences. Serves as a prerequisite to other modules in the BIOPL 483X (fall) and BIOPL 482X (spring) classes. Course covers genetic concepts relevant to molecular markers, map-based cloning, insertional mutagenesis, forward and reverse mutant screens, analysis of transcriptomes, organelle and nuclear genome structure, and transformation. Techniques include nucleic acid manipulation, blot and in situ hybridization, chromatin immunoprecipitation, high throughput sequencing, PCR, microscopy, laser microdissection, microarrays, metabolomic profiling, proteomics, protein-protein interactions, electrophoresis, and immunological methods.