130K. Virology Laboratory. Basic experimental techniques applied to selected bacteriophages and animal viruses. Three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Molecular Biology of Bacteriophages and Plasmids. Yeast Cell Biology.
Yeast is used as a model to teach some of the more actively researched areas of cell biology.
Areas covered may include chromosome structure, mating type, cell-cell interaction, DNA replication, mitosis, cytoskeletal motors, cell polarity, signal transduction, cell cycle, checkpoints, secretion, protein modification, yeast genetics, and yeast technology. Applied Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering. Same as Chemical Engineering 339. Microbiology 342 and 389M may not both be counted. The basic concepts of humoral and cell-associated immune phenomena.