Cell Biology

Paper Code: 
BTE 202
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45
Objective: 

·      learn fundamentals of the cell and its various components

·      study membrane structure and transmembrane transport mechanisms

·      understand the physiology of cell organelles

·      learn fundamentals of nuclear structure and function

·      study the concept of cell division and cellular differentiation

7.00
Unit I: 
Cell structure

Cell as a basic unit of living system, The Cell theory.

Structure of different cell types -Eukaryotic cells- Animal cell and Plant cell; Prokaryotic cell - Bacteria, Mycoplasma.

7.00
Unit II: 
Cell membrane and Transmembrane Transport

Cell membrane structure.

Cell membrane models-Unit membrane model and Singer and Nicholson’s model.

Passive and Active transport through cell membrane.

10.00
Unit III: 
Cell Organelles

 

Structure and function of cell organelles- Nucleus, Golgi Bodies, Endoplasmic reticulum (rough and smooth), Ribosome, Mitochondria, Chloroplast, Lysosomes, and Micro bodies.

11.00
Unit IV: 
Nucleus and Cell motility

 

Chromosomes-chemical composition and structural organization, Polytene and Lamp brush chromosomes.

Cytoplasmic filaments-Microfilaments, Intermediate filaments, microtubule, cilia and flagella.

10.00

Cell division and cell cycle, centrioles, Cell-cell junctions.

Cellular differentiation and specialization (Muscle and Nerve cell).

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 
  1. Cell & Molecular Biology, 8th edition, E D P Roberties & E M F Roberties,  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005
  2. Cell and Molecular Biology, 3rd edition, P Sheeler and D E Bianchi, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1987
  3. Cell Biology: Organelle Structure and Function, D E Sadava, Panima Publisher Corporation, 2004
REFERENCES: 
  1. Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments, 4th edition, G  Karp, John Wiley & sons, Inc., 2005
  2. The cell, 5th edition, R C Swanson and P C Webster , Prentice hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 1990
  3. The cell. A Molecular Approach, 4th edition, G H Cooper and R E Hausman, ASM Press, 2007
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