The general objective of the curricular unit (UC) is to give the student an integrated overview of the molecular mechanisms of the organization and flow of genetic information from DNA to proteins in living beings.

Students should understand:

1. Molecular mechanisms of genome replication;
2. Molecular mechanisms of genome repair and recombination;
3. Molecular mechanisms of transcription;
4. Molecular mechanisms of pre-mRNA processing;
5. Molecular mechanisms of translation.