Basic Biology

Paper Code: 
BIF 121 A
15.00
Unit I: 
Cell: The unit of life
Cell as a basic unit of living system.
Structure of Prokaryotic(Bacteria) and Eukaryotic cells(Animal cell and Plant cell).Structure and function of cell organelles-Plasma membrane, cell wall, nucleus, Golgi Bodies, Endoplasmic reticulum (rough and smooth), Ribosome, Mitochondria, Chloroplast, Lysosomes and Microbodies.
12.00
Unit II: 
Cell motility and interactions:

Cytoskeleton:Self-assembly and dynamic structure of cytosketetal filaments, actin filament, microtubules, movement of cilia and flagella. Cell –Cell interaction: cell adhesion, tight and gap junctions, plasmodesmata.

16.00
Unit III: 
Bacteria and Viruses
Systematics: Species concept. 
Bacteria: Bacterial shapes and arrangement, cell membrane, cell wall of bacteria, inclusion bodies, flagella, capsule, slime, fimbriae, and pilli.Bacterial endospores- structure. Phylogeny. Characteristics of primary domains.
Viruses : Biology of viruses; bacteriophages, plant and animal viruses; replication of viral genome.
 
9.00
Unit IV: 
Plant Diversity and classification

Algae, Fungi and Higher Plants. Broad classification of Plant Kingdom up to classes.

8.00
Unit V: 
Major animal phyla and their characteristics. (up to classes).
ESSENTIAL READINGS: 

 

1. B. Alberts, D. Bray, J. Lewis, M. Raff, K. Roberts, J.D. Watson. “Molecular Biology of the Cell”. 2nd Edition, Garland publishing. Inc., New York, 1994. 
2. J. Darnell, H. Lodish and D.Baltimore. “Molecular Cell biology”. 2nd Edition, Scientific American Books, USA, 1994.
3. E D P Roberties & E M F Roberties. “Cell & Molecular Biology”. 8th Edition,   Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.
4. R C Swanson and P C Webster. “The Cell”. 5th Edition, Prentice hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 1990.
5. Prescott, Harley, Klein. Microbiology. 6th Edition, Mc Graw Hill Companies, 2005.
6. Dimmock Nj, Primrose. “Introduction to Modern Virology”, IV. SB Edition. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1994.
7. Mathews. “Functionals of Plant Virology”. RE.Academic press, San Diego, 1992.
REFERENCES: 

 

1. P Scheeler & D E Bianchi. “Cell and Molecular Biology”. 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1987.
2. G Karp. “Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments”. 4th Edition, John Wiley & sons, Inc, 2005
3. G H Cooper & R E Hausman. “The Cell”. A Molecular Approach. 4th Edition, ASM Press, 2007
4. Kenneth M.Smith. “Plant viruses” Universal Book Stall, New Delhi, 1999.
5. Mark H.Adams. “Bacteriophages” Inter science publishers, Inc., New York.
6. D.G.A Walkey. “Applied Virology”. International Books & Periodicals supply service. New Delhi, 1985.
Academic Year: 
2018-2019
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