MSPC 233 — Genes in Health
MBChB Human Biology (Medicine) — UGMS pre-clinical (MB2/MB3) · University of Ghana
Genes in Health. Taught by Medical Biochemistry, Genetics. Syllabus topics: Chromosome and gene structure; Nucleic acid structure; Mendelian inheritance; Nucleotide metabolism; DNA replication, damage, and repair; Transcription and RNA processing; Gene regulation and silencing: microRNA and siRNA; Gene editing using the CRISPR/Cas system; Protein synthesis; Epigenetics; Mutations; Recombinant DNA technology; Detection and diagnosis of human disease; Bioinformatics, genes and environment.
- Credits
- 6
- Level
- MB2
- Semester
- Semester 1
Other courses on this programme
- COHS 202 — College of Health Sciences core course
- COHS 210 — Academic Writing II
- MSPC 231 — Cell Biology and Basic Pharmacology
- MSPC 232 — Metabolism, Nutrition and Endocrine Physiology
- MSPC 234 — Head, Neck and Neuroscience
- MSPC 235 — Musculo-Skeletal System
- MSPC 236 — Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Systems
- MSPC 237 — Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems
- MSPC 331 — Mechanisms of Disease
- MSPC 333 — Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems (Pathology)
- MSPC 335 — Infections and Immunity I
- MSPC 337 — Gastrointestinal Pathology
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