Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Bacterial and viral chromosomes.

Bacterial and viral chromosomes; Bacterial plasmids; Replication; transcription and translation of prokaryotic genomes; Regulation of protein biosynthesis; Transposons as mobile genetic elements; Eukaryotic chromosome and its ultrastructural organization; DNA synthesis in eukaryotes; Biochemical aspect of cell division; cell cloning and cell fusion; Biochemistry of growth and differentiation in eukaryotes; Principle of PCR technique; Isolation and purification of RNA and DNA; Hybridization techniques; Recombinant DNA technology and proteomics applications (e.g; production of insulin; drugs etc); Microarray; Genetic engineering and its social implications