Courses Handbook 2009

302410 (v.2) How Cells Work 102


Area: School of Biomedical Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 10.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Individual Study: 1 x 10 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 301428 (v.4) BIO18 How Cells Work or any previous version
Syllabus: Life - a molecular process. The basic building block of life - the cell. The basic building blocks of the cell - water and molecular forces, carbohydrates, fatty acids and lipids, nucleotides and nucleic acids, amino acids and proteins. Introduction to enzymes. Concepts of energy and metabolism. Glycolysis and the citric acid cycle. The electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation. DNA replication from DNA to protein. Chromosomes and gene regulation. Cell membrane structure - cell communication, cell division, cell cycle control and cell death.
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Field of Education: 010901 Biochemistry and Cell Biology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Essential
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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