MITx MOOC Course DNA Transcription Launching 10/27

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Via Dalya Pallot on Pinterest 10/22/2015

https://www.edx.org/course/molecular-biology-part-2-transcription-mitx-7-28-2x

Week 1 opens Tuesday, October 27, 2015.

• Lecture 1: Transcription and Assays
• Lecture 2: Mechanism of Bacterial Transcription
• Quiz 1 due Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 14:00 UTC.

Week 2 opens Tuesday, November 3, 2015.

• Lecture 3: Initiation of Bacterial Transcription
• Lecture 4: Elongation and Termination of Bacterial Transcription
• Quiz 2 due Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 14:00 UTC.

Week 3 opens Tuesday, November 10, 2015.

• Lecture 5: Eukaryotic Transcription and Nucleosomal Packaging of DNA
• Lecture 6: Regulation of Transcription Through Histone Modifications
• Quiz 3 due Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 14:00 UTC.

Week 4 opens Tuesday, November 17, 2015.

• Lecture 7: Eukaryotic Transcription - RNA Polymerases and DNA Elements
• Lecture 8: Eukaryotic Transcription Initiation and Elongation
• Quiz 4 due Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 14:00 UTC.

Week 5 opens Tuesday, November 24, 2015.

• Lecture 9: Eukaryotic Transcription Termination
• Lecture 10: DNA Binding Regulators of Eukaryotic Transcription
• Quiz 5 due Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 14:00 UTC.

Week 6 opens Tuesday, December 8, 2015. 

• Lecture 11: Mechanism of Transposition
• Lecture 12: Assays for Transposition
• Quiz 6 due Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 14:00 UTC