MCD BIO 165BMolecular Biology of Cell Nucleus
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Continuation of course 165A. Molecular biology of eukaryotic cell nucleus, with focus on structure, organization, replication, and repair of eukaryotic genome; eukaryotic gene expression, including transcription, translation, and transport; cell cycle and cancer. Study of advanced specialized topics to allow integrated approach to molecular cell biology. Material presented in context of experimental questions and answers to incorporate concept of scientific method and recent advances in cell biology research. Exposure in discussions to current literature that directly relates to information examined in lectures.
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 165A.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
MCD BIO 165B
- MCD BIO 165ABiology of Cells
- CHEM 14DOrganic Reactions and Pharmaceuticals
- LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biology
- CHEM 30BOrganic Chemistry II: Reactivity, Synthesis, and Spectroscopy
- LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecology
- LIFESCI 7CPhysiology and Human Biology
1 direct requisite. Showing 10 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.
MCD BIO 165B
- MCD BIO 172Genomics and Bioinformatics
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.