Part of the Basic Microbiology Course (PM401)

for the Undergraduate Clinical Pharmacy Program (Spring Semester – 2015)

• Do cells in your tongue and lung have the same genes?
• Do cells in your toes and nose have the same proteins?
• How many letters exist in the human genetic code?
• How many codons exist in the human genetic code?
• Is it possible to transform a protein into a gene?

• Practical Revision PDF File
• Watch the entire presentation here (PDF file from Dr. Ahmed's site)

• DNA Replication:
  (Note that each video is good to show some but not all concepts. No single video is able to deliver the entire picture of what happens in the cell).
  
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27TxKoFU2Nw
    
  • http://www.dnatube.com/video/2335/Video-for-DNA-Replication
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11by1JZlDgY
    
  
  
  
• Gene Expression:
  
  
  • Prokaryotic transcription (HD)
  • Animation of prokaryotic transcription
  
  
• DNA techniques:
  
  
  • PCR - Polymerase Chain Reaction - Simple Animated Tutorial (Thanks to your colleague: Reem Yasser Abdelaziz Mohamed Salem)
  • DNA Gel electrophoresis - Simple Animated Tutorial
  
  

• PDF file of Part 1 of the lecture "Learn the DNA Language"
• PDF file of Part 2 of the lecture "DNA techniques -- PCR"

• PDF file of the lecture on "Gene Transfer"

• 28 April Assignment
  1. Go to YouTube (http://youtube.com) or DNATube (http://www.dnatube.com/) or any other video server you like (e.g., Vimeo)
  2. Pick a good video on any concept you learned in this part of the course:
     • DNA processes
     • Gene regulation
     • PCR (today’s lecture)
  3. Email it to me (pharma.cu email -- find my full email in lecture to avoid spam) with: Subject: PM401-April28 Assignment (No title = No see!)
  
  
  
• 5 May Assignment