BMB 490 - Microbial Genetics

A lecture and laboratory chiefly in the genetics of .us Escherichia coli, its bacteriophages, and mechanisms of genetic exchange among prokaryotes. Lectures cover all materials and problems presented in the text. Laboratory sessions may include chemical mutagenesis, transposon mutagenesis, in vitro mutagenesis, transduction, conjugation, transformation, genetic mapping, physical mapping, complementation analyses, maxi cell expression of proteins, and regulatory studies using gene fusions and operon fusions. Final grade is based on two written exams (20% each), a laboratory notebook (30%) and a manuscript (30%) based on the laboratory research and written in the editorial style of an ASM journal.

Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement. Lec 3, Lab 4.

Prerequisites & Notes
BMB 300 and BMB 305 or permission.

Credits: 5