Undergraduate Course: Gene Expression (MLBI10009)

Course Outline
School	School of Biological Sciences	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	The aim of these lectures is to familiarise students with the variety of mechanisms responsible for regulating the expression of genetic information at the level transcription and post-transcription mechanisms. Teaching will focus on the organisation and packaging of the genetic material in eukaryotic cells and the implications this has for genetic expression. In addition, basic transcription control mechanisms will be examined in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. RNA processing will be studied at the level of splicing and its importance in the regulation of gene expression will be discussed. The special mechanisms which have evolved to operate within, and to take advantage of, a chromatin context will also be reviewed from a biochemical and developmental perspective.
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Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 20, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 76 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Open-book, online exam in December
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)			2:00