BY 260. Molecular Techniques

Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): BY 210, BY 250, and BY 251 all with a C or better.

Corequisite(s): BY 261 or equivalent course offered by Manhattan Area Technical College (MATC).

This course will enable the student to learn the background and theory behind the general strategies used to work with nucleic acids in a biotechnology lab. The student will learn the biology of nucleic acids and the proteins and basis for various techniques used to isolate, separate, insert and assay mixtures of nucleic acids and proteins.