7CH5-Molecular Biology |
Units: I |
Introduction: Living systems and their properties, Measure biological compounds,
Physiological processes, Introduction to environment, Evolution, Ecology,
Biogeography regions.
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Units: II |
Biomolecules: Chemistry and function of the constituents of cells- water, Salts,
Amino acids, Proteins and its synthesis, nucleic acids, Metabolism of
carbohydrates, Lipids, Introduction to enzymes and their action, Hormones. |
Units: III |
Cell biology: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells, Organization of plant and animal
cells, Organelles- structure, Chemical composition, function.
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Units: IV |
Cellular processes and information transfer: Carbon and Nitrogen cycles in nature,
Glycolysis, TCA cycle, Signal transduction, Receptor concept.
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Units: V |
Genetics: Facts and theories of heredity, Elements of population genetics and
species concept, Mendel's laws-segregation, independent assortment, Phenotype
and Genotype, Mono- and di- hybrid crosses, Chromosomes, Gene concept, DNA–
Protein interactions, Central Dogma-DNA Replication, RNA Transcription and its
control, RNA Processing, Protein Translation, Translation mechanism of gene
expression, Genetic code, Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic genomes, Introduction to the
methods of introducing genes into the recipient cells- transformation, Transudation,
Conjugation.
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Text/ Reference Books |
1. Jain S.K. “Fundamentals Molecular Biology” CBS Publisher, 2004
2. Srivastava “Molecular Biology and Biotechnology “CBS Publisher, 2007
3. Singh “Molecular Biology: A Complete Course” CBS Publisher, 2008
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