CELL BIOLOGY (THEORY)

Paper Code: 
CZOL-413T
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course 

Learning outcomes 

(at course level)

Learning and  teaching strategies

Assessment  Strategies 

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Paper Title

CZOL-413T

CELL BIOLOGY  (THEORY)

The students will be able to-

 

CO: Analyse the functioning of nucleus and extra nuclear organelles and understand the intricate cellular mechanisms involved.

CO :         Develop an understanding how cells work in healthy and diseased states and to give a ‘health forecast’ by analyzing the genetic database and cell information.

CO: Investigate the importance of the nucleus and its components.

CO: Perceive detailed knowledge about the process of cell division and its regulatory checkpoints.

CO:: Examine the three primary components of the cell’s cytoskeleton and how they affect cell shape, function, and movement.

The approach in  teaching: 

Interactive Lectures,  Discussion, Tutorials,  Guest lectures,  PowerPoint  

presentations,  

Demonstration of  working of various  instruments 

Learning activities for  the students: 

Self learning  assignments, Effective  questions, Simulation,  Seminar presentation,  Giving tasks, 

● Class test 

● Semester  end  

examinatio 

ns, 

● Quiz,  

● Assignment s,  

● Presentatio n 

● Surprise  

test 

● Open book  test

 

12.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I: Overview of Cells

 

Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells, Virus, Viroids, Mycoplasma, Prions

Plasma Membrane:Various models of plasma membrane structure

Transport across membranes: Active and Passive transport, Facilitated transport

 

 

 

12.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II: Cell junctions

 

Desmosomes, Gap junctions

Endomembrane System                                                               

Structure and Functions: Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Apparatus, Lysosomes, Peroxisomes

 

 

 

 

12.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III: Mitochondria

 

Mitochondria: Structure, Semi-autonomous nature, Endosymbiotic hypothesis

Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain, Chemi-osmotic hypothesis

Cytoskeleton-Structure and Functions: Microtubules, Microfilaments and Intermediate filaments

 

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV: Nucleus

 

Structure of Nucleus: Nuclear envelope, Nuclear pore complex, Nucleolus

Chromatin: Euchromatin and Hetrochromatin and packaging (nucleosome)

 

 

12.00
Unit V: 
UNIT IV: Cell Division & Signaling

 

Mitosis, Meiosis, Cell cycle and its regulation

Cell Signaling- GPCR and Role of second messenger (cAMP)

Essential Readings: 
ESSENTIAL READINGS:
● Cell Biology by C.B. Powar; Himalaya Publishing House.
Cell Biology by Dr. B. S. Tomar Dr. S. P. Singh Rastogi Publications-Meerut. ISBN 10: 8171337538 ISBN 13: 9788171337538
● Cell Biology Genetics Molecular Biology, Evolution And Ecology by PS Verma, VK Agarwal. s chand publisher private limited india. 14th Edition
● Cell biology by Veer bala Rastogi Medtech; 1st edition ISBN-10 : 8195237258; ISBN-13: 978-8195237258
SUGGESTIVE READINGS:
Karp, G. (2010). Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments. VI Edition. John Wiley and Sons. Inc.
De Robertis, E.D.P. and De Robertis, E.M.F. (2006). Cell and Molecular Biology. VIII Edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia.
Cooper, G.M. and Hausman, R.E. (2009). The Cell: A Molecular Approach. V Edition. ASM Press and Sunderland, Washington, D.C.; Sinauer Associates, MA.
Becker, W.M., Kleinsmith, L.J., Hardin. J. and Bertoni, G. P. (2009). The World of the Cell. VII Edition. Pearson Benjamin Cummings Publishing, San Francisco.
Bruce Albert, Bray Dennis, Levis Julian, Raff Martin, Roberts Keith and Watson James (2008). Molecular Biology of the Cell, V Edition, Garland publishing Inc., New York and London.
 
e-RESOURCES:
 
JOURNALS:
• Journal of Cell Biology
• Current Opinion in Cell Biology
• International Journal of Cell Biology
 
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