Credit 6 points Offering (see Timetable) Availability Location Mode Semester 1 UWA (Perth) Face to face Details for undergraduate courses

Detailed content includes (1) role of DNA polymerases in DNA replication, tools of the molecular biologist, cloning, genetic recombination and DNA sequencing; (2) transcriptional regulation of genes, post-transcriptional processing and methods to quantify mRNA transcripts; (3) protein synthesis in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, control of protein synthesis, post-translational modifications, protein targeting and protein catabolism; and (4) proteins as enzymes, enzyme kinetics, enzymes as tools of discovery, proteolytic enzymes and antibodies as tools of discovery. The laboratories introduce students to modern technologies used in commercial and research laboratories, and include fundamental techniques, DNA hybridisation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and enzyme kinetics.

Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 overall and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course.

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Unit details - UWA Handbook 2016