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B025340 - Applied Biology
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Course program
Academic Year 2018-19
Coorte 2018 - 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in ENVIRONMENT AND WORKPLACE PREVENTION TECHNIQUES
Course year
First year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Experimantal and Clinical Medicine
Modulo di sola Frequenza of
Scientific Area
BIO/13 - EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
Credits
1
Teaching Hours
12
Teaching Term
01/10/2018 ⇒ 30/04/2020
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Giudizio Finale
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B029274 - BIOLOGIA APPLICATA
3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIES
B029274 - BIOLOGIA APPLICATA
3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIES
Teaching Language
italian
Course Content
Comprehension of the concept of metabolism, evolution, characteristics and classification of organisms and viruses.
Description of the cell structure (Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells), cell cycle and cell division.
Description of nucleic acids, their structural and functional characteristics, how genetic information is decoded and used to make proteins. Mutations.
Description of mendelian genetics and related pattern of inheritance.
Description of the cell structure (Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells), cell cycle and cell division.
Description of nucleic acids, their structural and functional characteristics, how genetic information is decoded and used to make proteins. Mutations.
Description of mendelian genetics and related pattern of inheritance.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
«Biologia e Genetica» Campbell, Reece, Ed Pearson
“Elementi di Biologia” Berg, Martin Ed EdiSES
“Elementi di Biologia e Genetica” Hillis, Sadava Ed Zanichelli
“Elementi di Biologia e Genetica” Campbell Reece Ed Pearson
“Elementi di Biologia” Berg, Martin Ed EdiSES
“Elementi di Biologia e Genetica” Hillis, Sadava Ed Zanichelli
“Elementi di Biologia e Genetica” Campbell Reece Ed Pearson
Learning Objectives
Characteristics and evolution of organisms
The flow of genetic information: from DNA to protein.
The flow of energy through organisms
The flow of genetic information: from DNA to protein.
The flow of energy through organisms
Teaching Methods
Lectures
Type of Assessment
Ongoing evaluation
Oral examination
Oral examination
Course program
Living world. Prokaryotic cell and eukaryotic cell. Description and fundamental characteristics of cells and organisms. Cellular theory. Evolution and the foundations of biology. Classifying the diversity of life. Organization of the cell. Prokaryotic wall. Comparison between prokaryotic cell and eukaryotic cell. Aerobic and anaerobic organisms. Autotrophs and heterotrophs.
Biological membranes: structure and function. Fluid mosaic model of biological membranes made of lipids and proteins. Transport across membrane, simple and facilitated diffusion. Primary and secondary active and passive transport.
Viruses: structure and classification based on protein coat, genome, host. General features of replicative cycles in host prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Retrovirus.
The molecular basis of inheritance: DNA is the genetic material. DNA structure: Watson and Crick double helix, chemical-physical properties. Semiconservative model of DNA replication (Meselson and Stahl experiment). DNA replication and repair mechanisms. Multiple proteins orchestrate DNA replication in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Genetic information flux: genes code for proteins through transcription and translation. Transcription is the RNA synthesis driven by DNA. RNAs (tRNA, mRNA, rRNA). Transcription and RNA polymerase. Promoter. Initiation, elongation and termination of transcription. Maturation of eukaryotic RNAs. Splicing mechanism.
Genetic code: description and significance. Traslation is the RNA-directed polipeptide synthesis. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases provide specificity in joining aminoacids to tRNAs in aminoacid activation process. RNA transfer structure. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic ribosomes and role in translation. Building a polypeptide: initiation, elongation and termination. Post-traslational modifications of proteins (mention).
Cell cycle: description and significance. Mitosis. Meiosis.
Biotechnology: Recombinant DNA, DNA cloning, DNA in vitro amplification: PCR.
Biological membranes: structure and function. Fluid mosaic model of biological membranes made of lipids and proteins. Transport across membrane, simple and facilitated diffusion. Primary and secondary active and passive transport.
Viruses: structure and classification based on protein coat, genome, host. General features of replicative cycles in host prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Retrovirus.
The molecular basis of inheritance: DNA is the genetic material. DNA structure: Watson and Crick double helix, chemical-physical properties. Semiconservative model of DNA replication (Meselson and Stahl experiment). DNA replication and repair mechanisms. Multiple proteins orchestrate DNA replication in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Genetic information flux: genes code for proteins through transcription and translation. Transcription is the RNA synthesis driven by DNA. RNAs (tRNA, mRNA, rRNA). Transcription and RNA polymerase. Promoter. Initiation, elongation and termination of transcription. Maturation of eukaryotic RNAs. Splicing mechanism.
Genetic code: description and significance. Traslation is the RNA-directed polipeptide synthesis. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases provide specificity in joining aminoacids to tRNAs in aminoacid activation process. RNA transfer structure. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic ribosomes and role in translation. Building a polypeptide: initiation, elongation and termination. Post-traslational modifications of proteins (mention).
Cell cycle: description and significance. Mitosis. Meiosis.
Biotechnology: Recombinant DNA, DNA cloning, DNA in vitro amplification: PCR.