Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 7.6 (Spring 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Cell Biology: Structure and Functions of the Nucleus 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Biology 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Phillip Sharp
  Prof. Richard Young 
• Course Introduction:
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  7.60 Cell Biology: Structure and Functions of the Nucleus
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a bibliography of readings.

  
  
  

  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.