CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (Elective subject)

Unit I 

a) Cell and Molecular Biology: Definitions theory and basics and Applications.

b) Cell and Molecular Biology: History and Summation.

c) Properties of cells and cell membrane. 

d) Prokaryotic versus Eukaryotic

e) Cellular Reproduction

f) Chemical Foundations – an Introduction and Reactions (Types)

Unit II 

a) DNA and the Flow of Molecular Information

b) DNA Functioning

c) DNA and RNA

d) Types of RNA

e) Transcription and Translation

Unit III 

a) Proteins: Defined and Amino Acids

b) Protein Structure

c) Regularities in Protein Pathways

d) Cellular Processes

e) Positive Control and significance of Protein Synthesis

Unit IV 

a) Science of Genetics

b) Transgenics and Genomic Analysis

c) Cell Cycle analysis

d) Mitosis and Meiosis

e) Cellular Activities and Checkpoints

Unit V 

a) Cell Signals: Introduction

b) Receptors for Cell Signals

c) Signaling Pathways: Overview

d) Misregulation of Signaling Pathways

e) Protein-Kinases: Functioning