CHEM C159Mechanisms of Gene Regulation
Chemistry and Biochemistry · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
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.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 153B.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
CHEM C159
- CHEM 153BBiochemistry: DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis
- CHEM 153ABiochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism
- CHEM 153AHBiochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism (Honors)
1 direct requisite. Showing 7 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.