Cell biology and Genetics - course module Cell biology 1

Study guide

Index

• Introduction
• Introduction to the cell
• Introduction to cell biology
  • The central functions, processes and flows of the cell
  • DNA: genomes, genes and gene regulation
  • DNA is organised into chromosomes
  • Extranuclear genetic information
• The replication and maintenance of DNA sequences
  • DNA-replication
  • The repair of DNA
  • General and site-specific DNA recombination
• From DNA to protein: Chapter 6 in Alberts
  • Transcription
  • RNA processing
  • Translation
• Gene regulation: Chapter 7
  • The different levels of gene control
  • Overview of gene control
  • Microscopic methods in cell biology
• Prokaryotic cell biology
  • Introduction to prokaryotes
  • Central features of the prokaryotic cell
  • Prokaryotic genetics and gene regulation
  • Differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes
• The cell cycle
  • Lecture 1, 2 and 3
  • Lecture 4 - Mitosis
• Cell communication - signal transduction: Chapter 15
  • Central concepts in signal transduction
  • Intracellular signal processing (Fig 15-6)
  • Specific examples of different systems (not in detail)
• Signal transduction and gene regulation - an overview
  • Basic methods in cell biology
• Basic methods
  • Studying gene expression and function
  • Visualisation of molecules in cells
• The cell and its surroundings
  • The cytoskeleton
  • The surface of the cell, junctions and the matrix
• Intracellular transport
  • Compartments of the eukaryotic cell, ER
  • Vesicle transport
  • Golgi
  • Lysosomes
  • Mitochondria and e-transport
  • Peroxisomes
  • The cell surface, endocytosis och exocytosis
• Developmental biology
  • Meiosis
  • Human embryology
• Development of multicellular organisms
  • Development of multicellular organisms
  • Model systems in developmental biology
  • Molecular biology of developmental biology
  • Organogenesis and the patterning of appendages
  • Cell movements and the shaping of the vertebrate body
  • Neural development
• The molecular basis of disease