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Lec # Topics KEY DATES
1 Replication (Replication Enzymes)
2 Replication (Replication Fork)
3 Replication (Prok. System)
4 Replication (Euk. Systems)
5 Chromatin Assembly
6 DNA Mismatch Repair
7 DNA Repair II
8 DS Break Repair

Homologous Recombination
9 Homologous Recombination Enzymes Writing assignment 1 due
Exam 1
10 Meiotic Recombination
11 Site-specific Recombination
12 Transposition
13 Transcription: Prok. Machinery and Promoters
14 Transcription: Euk. Machinery and Promoters
15 Transcription: Regulation I
16 Transcription: Regulation II
17 RNA Processing I Writing assignment 2 due
Exam 2
18 RNA processing II
19 RNA Processing: Regulation
20 RNA Editing

RNAi and miRNAs
21 Translation: Basic Machinery I Writing assignment 3 due
22 Translation: Basic Machinery II
23 Translation: Regulation I
Final Exam