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Course Details

Code: BT 101

Title: Modern Biology

Credits: 3 0 0 6

Instructor: Dr. Venkata Dasu, Dr. Sanjukta Patra and Dr. B. Anand

Duration: Mon (11-11.55 & 2-2.55 hrs), Thu (9-9.55 & 4-4.55 hrs) and Fri (10-10.55 & 3-3.55 hrs)

Venue: L3

First meeting: Feb 7, 2013 (B. Anand)

Pre-requisite: Nil

Syllabus:

Diversity in biological systems; cell biology and cell structure; biological membranes; bioenergetics; genetics: DNA as genetic material; structure of DNA; DNA replication; transcription; translation; genes to proteins and to protein function; gene expression and regulation; recombinant DNA technology. Human physiology: biological axons and neurons, neuromuscular and synaptic junctions; sensory systems - hearing, taste, smell and visual receptors.

Suggested Texts & References:

Texts:

1. J. L. Tymoczko, J. M. Berg and L. Stryer, Biochemistry, 5^th Ed, W. H. Freeman & Co, 2002.

2. D. L. Nelson and M. M. Cox, Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, Macmillan Worth, 2000.

References:

1. N. Hopkins, J. W. Roberts, J. A. Steitz, J. Watson and A. M. Weiner, Molecular Biology of the Gene, 4^th Ed, Benjamin Cummings, 1987.

2. C. R. Cantor and P. R. Schimmel, Biophysical Chemistry (Parts I, II and III), W.H. Freeman & Co., 1980.

3. C. C. Chatterjee, Human Physiology, Vol 1 & 2, 11^th Ed, Medical Allied Agency, 1987.

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