Syllabus

JNTUK B. Tech Cell Biology for R13 Batch.

JNTUK B.Tech Cell Biology gives you detail information of Cell Biology R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.

UNIT I: HISTORY AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE CELL
Discovery of cells; Basic properties of cells; Cell theory; Cell complexity – cell size & shape; different classes of cells; prokaryotic & eukaryotic cells; structure and functions of nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi complex, lysosomes, peroxisomes, chloroplast & mitochondria.
LO: Ability to identify and isolate cells & cell organelles. LA: Assessment on identification by counting of cells.

UNIT II: CHEMISTRY OF THE CELL
Importance of carbon and water; plasma membrane-structure and function; cytoplasm; cytoskeleton-microtubules, microfilaments & intermediate filaments, cell motility– cilia & flagella.
LO: To study the integrity of components present in the cell. LA: Assessment by identification under microscope.

UNIT III: CELL DIFFERENTIATION
General characteristics of cell differentiation, differentiation in unicellular & multicellular organism, cytoplasmic determinants, nucleoplasmic Interactions; embryonic and adult stem cells and its biological importance.
LO: To demonstrate various characteristics of cell differentiation. LA: Assessment by theoretical analysis.

UNIT IV: CELL DIVISION
Overview of the Cell Cycle, Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis & Meiosis. Animal Cell & Yeast Cell Division, Cell Cycle Control & Checkpoints.
LO: To demonstrate the various phases during cell division.
LA: Assessment by diagrammatic representation & microscopic analysis.

UNIT V: TRANSPORT ACROSS CELL MEMBRANES
Passive and Active Transport, Uniport, Symport, Antiport, Permeases, P-Type & V-Type Pumps, Na+/K+ ATPase, Lysosomal & vacuolar membrane ATP dependent Proton Pumps, Endocytosis and Exocytosis, Transport into Prokaryotic Cells.
LO: To know the transport mechanisms across the cell membranes. LA: Assessment written and objective test.

UNIT VI: CELL SIGNALING-BASIC CONCEPTS
Intracellular signaling, types of signal receptors- Cytosolic, Nuclear & Membrane bound receptors, Chemo receptors of Bacteria (Attractants & Repellents), Signal Transduction by hormones- Steroid / Peptide hormones; Concept of Secondary messengers, c AMP, c GMP, Protein Kinases, G Proteins; Receptors & Non- receptors associated tyrosine kinases.
LO: To study the various intracellular signaling and cell messengers. LA: Assessment on diagrammatic analysis.

TEXTBOOKS

  • Cooper The Cell 5th edition Sinauer Associates, Inc 2009 .
  • DeRobertis and DeRobertis Cell and molecular biology Waverly Pvt. Ltd, – (2010)

REFERENCES

  • Gerald Karp Cell & Molecular biology (6ndEd.)Wiley publishers 2010.
  • Becker, Reece, Poenie The World of the cell (7th edition)Benjamin Publishers 2008.
  • Bruce Alberts molecular biology of the cell 4th edition Garland Science 2002.
  • ErnstJ.M.Helmreich ThebiochemistryofCellSignalling-.1st Oxford Press 2003.
  • Rastogi S. C: Cell Biology, New age International publishers, 3rd Edition, 2005.
  • Thomas D. Pollard, William C. Earnshaw and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz:
    Cell Biology: With Studen Consult Online Access, 2nd Edition Saunders College Publishing, , 2007

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