Molecular Basis of Inheritance

• Topics
• Introduction
• Structure of Nucleic Acids
• Detailed structure of DNA
• Packaging of DNA helix
• Search for the Genetic Material
• Griffith's Experiment
• Biochemical nature of Transforming Principle
• Hershey-Chase Experiment
• Criteria for Genetic Material
• Central Dogma of Molecular Biology
• DNA Replication
• Meselson-Stahl Experiment
• Machinery & Enzymes for Replication
• Process of DNA replication
• Transcription
• Types of RNA
• Process of transcription
• Genetic code
• Translation
• Regulation of gene expression
• Human genome project
• DNA fingerprinting