Description
The different molecular processes that ensure the viability of a cellular unit and the main molecular components that perform these functions will be taught in the curricular unit of Molecular Biology C.
After the frequency of this discipline, which is focused on the processes through which the hereditary information in a cell unit is duplicated, and transmitted to its offspring, and in the processes through which this hereditary information is converted into chains of amino acids that will define the different characteristics of a cell, students should be able to:
1. Identify the different components that are found in different cell types.
2. Describe the experiments by which the DNA molecule has been identified as a determinant for hereditary information.
3. Identify the chemical composition of the DNA molecule, its structure and its organization within a cellular unit.
4. Describe the DNA replication process, the mechanisms that ensure the reliability of this process and how the different elements involved in this process can be used in the laboratory.
5. Describe the process by which the information encoded in the DNA molecule is converted into RNA (transcription) and protein (translation).
6. Identify the mechanisms that ensure the regulation of the genetic expression.
7. Describe how genetic information is organized in the genome, identifying the major differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
8. Understand Molecular Biology in the context of Biology (its distinctive features and the chronology of major milestones).