CHEM 542 — Advanced Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Advanced-level chemical reactivity and metal binding properties, advanced methods for synthesis, purification and characterization of DNA/RNA, non-canonical DNA/RNA structures and functions, self-assembly of functional nucleic acid-based materials, chemical and fluorescence-based methods for probing nucleic acids in vitro and in vivo, in vitro evolution of functional nucleic acids for biotechnology, and diagnostic and therapeutic applications of modified nucleic acids.

• Credits: 3
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Department: Chemistry
• Prerequisites: CHEM 302 CHEM 332 or BIOL 200 BIOL 201 or permission of the instructor.