Biology and Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogens and Host-Pathogen Interactions - Specialty Area
Plant Pathology Courses
PLP 123. Plant-Virus-Vector Interaction. Gilbertson/Lucas/Ullman
(alternate years)
- Evolutionary and molecular aspects of the interactions between viruses, their insect vectors and plant hosts
PLP 130 Fungal Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Gilchrist/Bostock Fall (odd years) (link to course web page)
How fundamental physiological and biochemical activities of fungi impact the destructive and beneficial roles of these organisms in nature. Utilization and manipulation of fungi for biotechnological and industrial applications.
PLP 210 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions. Gilchrist/Bostock
Fall (even years) (link to course web page)
Discussion of plant–microbe interactions, focused on the underlying cellular, biochemical, and molecular events that determine the diseased state.
PLP 217 Molecular Genetics of Fungi.
Winter (odd years)
-Advanced course for those interested in fungal molecular biology Agronomy Courses
AGR 211 Principles and Practices of HPLC. Goyal
Spring
-Principles and theory of high pressure liquid chromatography Microbiology (listed under Biological Sciences) Courses
MIC 150 Bacterial Genetics. Stewart
Winter
-Fundamentals of bacterial and phage genetics.
MIC 162 General Virology. Manning/Falk
Fall
-Introduction to structure, replication, and genetics of animal, plant, and bacterial viruses; for those with less background in virology and molecular biology; those with more background may take MIC 262
MIC 215 Recombinant DNA. Privalsky
Fall
-Excellent introductory course for those interested in the experimental basis of molecular biology
MIC 262 Advanced General and Molecular Virology. Manning/Luciw/Bruening
Spring
-Advanced treatment of structure, gene expression and function, and host interactions of animal, plant and bacterial viruses
Others:
MIC 263 Principles of Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions
Spring (odd years) Molecular Biology Courses
MCB 221C Molecular Biology. Baldwin/Burtis/Hershey/Singer
Spring
-Advanced treatment of structure and organization of DNA; DNA replication, transcription, translation in eukaryotes, prokaryotes and viruses
MCB 262 Transgenic expression systems. Rodriguez.
Winter (alternate years)
-The molecular biology underlying current transgenic systems
Others:
MCB 121 Molecular Biology of Eukaryotic Cells.
Burgess/Dahmus/Gasser
Winter/Spring
MCB 122 Structure and Function of Proteins. Baldwin/Sprechman
Fall/Winter
MCB 126 Plant Biochemistry. Abel/Callis
Spring
MCB 141 Cellular Regulation of Gene Expression. Staff
MCB 164 Advanced Eukaryotic Genetics. Burtis/Hawley
Fall
Plant Biology Courses
PLB 157 Physiology of Environmental Stresses in Plants. Silk/Lauchli Winter
- Principles and selected topics in physiology of environmental stress.
PBI 227 Plant Molecular Biology. Britt/Sinha
Winter
-Advanced treatment of plant molecular biology; emphasis on gene expression; students should have previous molecular biology background
PBI 218B Signal Transduction. O'Neil/Lucas.
Spring (alternate years)
-How plants cells communicate; includes how pathogens/plants interact; should have molecular biology background Vegetable Crop Courses
VCR 220 Genomics and Biotechnology of Crop Improvement. Michelmore
Winter
-Integration of classical plant breeding and modern concepts of biotechnology; strong emphasis in breeding, gene mapping, gene identification, plant transformation; considers disease resistance. Molecular biology background recommended.
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