Cell Biology
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Cell Biology Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Cell Biology (subject code 3130406) as prescribed for Biotech · Semester 3 divides the course into 4 units, covering 37 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3130406)Unit 1 An Overview of Cells
- Biology: Importance
- role in ancient and modern era, use and misuse of biology
- The Origin and Evolution of Cells
- Basics of Akaryotic
- Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells
Unit 2 Prokaryotic cell structure and function
- Cellular components of prokaryotic organisms – Cell wall
- Cell membrane
- Outer Membrane
- Gas vesicle
- Slime layer/Capsule - structure
- function and integration
- Microbial locomotion
Unit 3 Eukaryotic cell structure and function
- Cellular components of eukaryotic organisms - Cell Wall
- Cell membrane
- Endoplasmic Reticulum
- Golgi Apparatus
- Centrioles and Basal bodies
- function and integration
Unit 4 Cellular Processes
- 38 38% Subject Code: 3130406 w.e.f
- AY 2018-19 Cell Interactions: Adhesion Junctions
- Tight Junctions Gap Junctions
- Plasmodesmata Cell Signalling: Signaling Molecules and Their Receptors
- Modes of Cell-Cell Signaling
- Fundions of Cell Surface Receptors
- Pathways of Intracellular Signal Transdudion
- Signaling Networks
- Cell cycle: Eukaryotic cell cycle
- Phases of the cell cycle
- Regulation of the cell cycle by cell growth and extracellular signals
- Cell cycle checkpoints
- Regulators of cell cycle progression
- DNA damage checkpoints
- Events of M phase Cell Death: The Events of Apoptosis
- Central regulator of Apoptosis
- Signalling pathways to regulate apoptosis
- Cell Renewal: Stem Cells and the Maintenance of Adult Tissues
- Reprogramming and Growth factors
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