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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
How Does the Body Use DNA as a Blueprint?
This course introduced the structure and components of DNA, and how it is replicated in cells. It progressed to explore the coding regions of DNA, how they represent a sequence that codes for different amino acids, and the steps that are carried out to use this to synthesise a specific protein. Finally it summarised the key steps of how this process is regulated by signalling pathways, and how diseases might arise from errors in signalling.
3 weeks, 4 hours per week
Dr Kirsty Kiezebrink
Senior Lecturer
University of Aberdeen
Dr Lynsey Christie
Teaching Fellow
University of Aberdeen
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Summarise the structure and relevance of DNA
- Describe the processes involved in reproduction at a molecular level that result in an individual’s DNA
- Describe the key molecules involved in protein synthesis
- Explain and compare the different stages of protein synthesis
- Summarise the key principles involved in molecular signalling
Syllabus
- What are the key molecules involved in molecular biology?
- The role of reproduction in producing an individual’s DNA code
- What does the DNA code represent?
- Using the DNA code to create proteins
- How do molecules within the body communicate with one another?
Issued on 15th November 2018
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