CHEM C159

Mechanisms of Gene Regulation

Chemistry and Biochemistry · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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RNA polymerase structures and mechanisms; promoter recognition and transcription cycle; mechanisms of activation; transcriptional poising and elongation control; Mediator of transcription; chromatin remodeling and modification; epigenetic regulation; cotranscriptional and transcription-coupled RNA processing; impact of transcription on mRNA processing and stability; nuclear export of mRNA. Concurrently scheduled with course CM259.

P/NP or letter grading.

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Requisites

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Requisite: course 153B.

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CHEM 153B

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CHEM C159

CHEM 153BBiochemistry: DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis
- CHEM 153ABiochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism
  - CHEM 14DOrganic Reactions and Pharmaceuticals1 more beneath
  - CHEM 30BOrganic Chemistry II: Reactivity, Synthesis, and Spectroscopy1 more beneath
- CHEM 153AHBiochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism (Honors)
  - CHEM 14DOrganic Reactions and Pharmaceuticalsanother path to it

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