MASC 429 — Marine Natural Products and Biotechnology
Marine and Fisheries Sciences · University of Ghana
Introduction and scope of marine natural products and biotechnology application. Marine resources (biological and chemical diversity), history of marine natural products, marine natural product classes. Chemical ecology of marine invertebrates. Classification of chemical metabolites and chemical defence systems. Isolation and analysis of marine natural products. Searching for drugs from the sea. Nucleic acids and protein biosynthesis. Recombinant DNA and genetic engineering in marine systems. Application of biotechnology to marine pollution, ecosystem disease and harmful algal blooms. Current topics and new technologies in marine molecular biology, mutagenesis, microbial diversity etc.
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- FISH 414 — Fish Processing and Utilization
- FISH 417 — Fisheries Data Management
- FISH 418 — Current Research in Fisheries Acquaintance with current research in
- FISH 421 — Fisheries and Higher Vertebrate Interactions
- FISH 424 — Fish Trade and Marketing
- FISH 425 — Fish Stock Assessment
- FISH 426 — Fisheries Governance and Institutional Framework
- FISH 429 — Fisheries Economics
- MASC 402 — Marine Pollution
- MASC 411 — Marine Plankton Ecology
- MASC 412 — Marine Ecology
- MASC 413 — Marine Benthic Ecology
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).