Cell Biology: Structure and Functions of the Nucleus
As taught in: Spring 2006
Graphic illustration of a cell nucleus. (Image courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.)
Instructors:
Prof. Phillip Sharp
Prof. Richard Young
MIT Course Number:
7.60
Level:
Graduate
Course Description
This course covers the fundamentals of nuclear cell biology as well as the methodological and experimental approaches upon which they are based. Topics include Eukaryotic genome structure, function, and expression, processing of RNA, and regulation of the cell cycle. The techniques and logic used to address important problems in nuclear cell biology is emphasized. Lectures cover broad topic areas in nuclear cell biology and class discussions focus on representative papers recently published in the field.
