MB410

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Molecular and Cellular Virology

Molecular Biology Colorado College

Course Subject Code

MB

Course Number

410

Course Long Title

Molecular and Cellular Virology

Status

Active

Division

Natural Sciences

Unit(s)

1

Schedule Type

Block Seminar

Instruction Mode

Traditional

Grade Modes

Letter Grades, S/CR/NC, Audit

Course Description

The molecular genetics, cell biology, and biochemistry of viruses, including attachment to, entry into, and synthesis and assembly inside of host cells. Through lecture and discussion, the course emphasizes the experimental basis of biologists’ understanding of the molecular details of DNA replication, transcription, translation, gene regulation, protein localization, cell division, and signal transduction, and how viruses manipulate, subvert, and exploit these cellular processes.

Programs

MB410 is a completion requirement for:

Required Requisites

1) Any 300-level course in Molecular Biology and 2) CH 251 or consent of instructor; CH 382 strongly recommended