CHEM 472A - Advances in Biotechnology Lab (3)

Prerequisites: BIOL 302, BIOL 309, CHEM 421 or CHEM 423A, with a “C” or better, or graduate standing. Corequisite: BIOL 412 . First semester explores biotechnology techniques for DNA cloning and analysis: restriction enzyme action, DNA sequencing, sequence analysis by computer, plasmid cloning, genomic library production and screening, and DNA probe hybridization. (1 hour lecture/discussion, 6 hours laboratory) (BIOL 472A and CHEM 472A are the same course.)