MIT 7.01SC Fundamentals of Biology

Fundamentals of Biology focuses on the basic principles of biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, and recombinant DNA. Created by MIT OpenCourseWare .


Average Course Length

30 hours


Skill Level

Intermediate



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1: Alternative Approaches to Molecular Biology
2: Macromolecules: Lipids, Carbohydrates, Nucleic Acid, Excerpt 1
3: Constructing and Screening a Recombinant DNA Library
4: Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, DNA Sequencing, PCR, Excerpt 2
5: Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, DNA Sequencing, PCR, Excerpt 1
6: cDNA Libraries and Expression Libraries
7: Glycolysis, Respiration, and Fermentation
8: Proteins, levels of Structure, Non-covalent Forces, excerpt 2
9: Photosynthesis
10: Overview of Recombinant DNA
11: Covalent Bonds, Hydrogen Bonds
12: Biochemical Reactions, Enzymes, and ATP
13: Macromolecules: Lipids, Carbohydrates, Nucleic Acid, Excerpt 2
14: Transcription and Translation, excerpt 1
15: Transcription and Translation, excerpt 2
16: Types of Organisms, Cell Composition, excerpt 2
17: Proteins, Levels of Structure, Non-Covalent Forces, Excerpt 1
18: DNA Replication
19: Basic Mechanisms of Cloning, excerpt 1
20: Overview of Recombinant DNA, excerpt 1
21: DNA Structure and Classic experiments, excerpt 1
22: Types of Organisms, Cell Composition, excerpt 1
23: DNA Structure and Classic experiments, excerpt 2
24: Linkage and Recombination, Genetic maps
25: Basic Mechanisms of Cloning, excerpt 2
26: Mendel's Laws, excerpt 1
27: Mendel's Laws, excerpt 2
28: Basic Mechanisms of Cloning, excerpt 3
29: Transformation and Protein Expression
30: Covalent Bonds
31: Pedigrees
32: Complementation
33: Transcription & Translation
34: Lac operon
35: Complementation (Part II)
36: Lipids, Carbohydrates, and Nucleic Acids Practice Problem
37: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
38: Explanation of 5' and 3', C terminus, and N terminus
39: Genomic and cDNA Libraries