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Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology B.Sc - MicroBiology SBB1101 Cell Biology Syllabus


SATHYABAMA INSITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF BIO AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

SBB1101 CELL BIOLOGY
L T P Credits Total Marks
3 1 0 4 100

UNIT 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF CELL STRUCTURE 12 Hrs.
Discovery of cells; Basic properties of cells; Different classes of cells – Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Cell division:
Cell cycle; mitosis; meiosis, binary fission.

UNIT 2 CELLULAR MEMBRANES AND MATRICES 12 Hrs.
Chemical composition and fluidity of membranes; dynamic nature of membranes; transportation across cell
membrane; membrane potentials; extracellular matrices – structure and function; cytoskeleton – structure and
function.

UNIT 3 CELLULAR ORGANELLES IN ENERGY METABOLISM 12 Hrs.
Mitochondria – structure and function; Chloroplast – structure and function. Structure of nucleus – nuclear membrane,
nucleolus, chromatin, structure of nucleic acids

UNIT 4 CELLULAR ORGANELLES IN METABOLISM 12 Hrs.
Endoplasmic reticulum – smooth & rough; function of endoplasmic reticulum; Golgi complex – structure and function;
Ribosomes – Types, structure and function; Morphology and functions of peroxisomes and glyoxisomes; Plant cell
vacuoles.

UNIT 5 TRANSPORT ACROSS CELL MEMBRANE 12 Hrs.
Passive and active transports, Permeases, Sodium -potassium pumps, Ca 2+ ATPase pump, ATP dependant proton
pumps, co-transport, symport, antiport, Endocytosis and Exocytosis. Introduction to intra and extra cellular products
of medicinal use.
Max Hours.60

Text Books
1. Freifelder D. 1985. Molecular Biology, Narosa Publishing House. New Delhi.
2. Lewin B. 2007. Genes IX. Oxford University Press, London.
3. Ajoy Paul. 2011. Textbook of Cell and Molecular Biology. Books and Allied Ltd.
4. Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, and Peter Walter. 2008. Molecular
Biology of Cell. 6th Edition. Garland Science, Taylor & Francis group Publishers.
5. Harvey Lodish, Arnold Berk, S Lawrence Zipursky, Paul Matsudaira, David Baltimore, and James Darnell. 1995.
Molecular Cell Biology. 3rd Edition. W.H. Freeman Publishers.

END SEMESTER EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Max. Marks : 100 Exam Duration : 3 Hrs.
PART A : 10 questions of 2 marks each - No choice 20 Marks
PART B : 2 questions from each UNIT of internal choice; each carrying 16 marks 80 Marks