Prerequisites: graduate standing in Biochemistry or consent of instructor
Description: Oral presentations and intensive small-group discussion of selected topics in the area of specialization of each faculty member. Course content emphasizes recent advances in the special topic area and varies accordingly. Transposable Elements and Insect Molecular Biology. Atkinson. Chromosome Segregation and Stability. Bachant. Mechanisms of Translational Control. Bailey-Serres. Signal Transduction in Fungi. Borkovich. Photosynthesis: Electron Transfer and 02 Evolution. Debus. Specificity in Mitogen- Activated Kinase Cascades. DeFea. Molecular Basis of Learning and Memory. Ethell, Plant Gene Expression. Gallie. Mechanisms of Signal Transduction in Plants. Larsen. Tumor Suppressor and Cell Cycle Regulation. Liu. Regulation of Eukaryotic Gene Transcription. Martinez. Chemokines in Healing and Disease. Martins-Green. Mechanisms of Steroid Hormones. Norman. Insect Innate Immunity. Raikhel, A. Nutrient-Activated Gene Expression. Raikhel, A. Stem Cell Biology. Sato. Chromatin. Sauer. Regulation of Tissue-Specific Gene Expression. Sladek. Regulation of Gene Expression. Spindler. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable to a maximum of 56 units.