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ZP: 02 F.Y. B.Sc. ZOOLOGY I Cell Biology 45 i.e. 3/week 75

Lect Date and Time Topic Reading Page No.

no Day material
UNIT 1- Overview of General Structure and organization of cells
1 20 June12 8.30 – 9.30 Syllabus briefing, Introduction to cell biology BOOK 1 5 – 21
WED (importance of theoretical and applied approach), BOOK 2 6 – 22
Viruses, Prokaryotic cell, Eukaryotic cell, Difference
between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell,
Summary of unit I
2 21 June12 10.30 – PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
THU 11.30
3 27 June12 8.30 – 9.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
WED
4 27 June12 1.30 - 2.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
WED
UNIT III- Cell organelles: A-Plasma membrane
5 28 June12 10.30 – Isolation, Characterization w.r.t. composition, Fluid BOOK 1 136 – 155
THU 11.30 mosaic model of plasma membrane, Passive BOOK 2 94 - 105
transport, Bulk transport, Active transport
Summary of unit III(A)
6 4 July 12 8.30 – 9.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
WED
7 5 July 12 10.30 – PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
THUS 11.30
UNIT III- Cell organelles: B-Mitochondria
8 11 July 12 8.30 – 9.30 Isolation, Chemical Composition, Ultra structure, BOOK 2 149 - 169
WED Functions w.r.t. Kreb’s Cycle, Electron Transport
system, Mitochondria as a semiautonomous
organelle, Summary of unit III(B)
9 12 July 12 10.30 – PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
THU 11.30
10 25 July 12 8.30 - 9.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
WED
UNIT III- Cell organelles: C-Isolation, Chemical composition, structure and functions
11 25July 12 1.30 – 2.30 Endoplasmic reticulum, Ribosomes, Golgi complex, BOOK 2 166 – 185
WED Lysosomes and polymorphism, Microbodies, 190 – 209
Cytoskeleton – Microtubules, Microfilaments, 235 – 243
Centrioles, Summary of unit III(C)
12 26 July 12 10.30 – PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
THU 11.30
13 1 Aug 12 8.30 – 9.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
WED
UNIT IV – Cell Nucleus
14 2Aug 12 10.30 – Isolation, Nucleus envelope, Nucleoplasm , BOOK 2 244 – 250
THU 11.30 Euchromatin, Heterochromatin, Nucleolus, 260 – 263
Structure of Nucleosome, Polytene and Lam Brush 267 – 272
Chromosome, Summary of unit IV
15 8 Aug 12 8.30 – 9.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
WED
16 9 Aug 12 10.30 – PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
THU 11.30
UNIT V –Cancer Biology
17 16 Aug 12 10.30 – General idea of cancer cells, Characteristics of BOOK 1 523 – 516
THU 11.30 Cancer cells, Carcinomas , Sarcomas, Lumphomas, BOOK 2 439 – 448
Leukemia, Carsinogenesis, Mutation and Viral
theories of Carcinogenesis, Environmental causes of
cancer, Summary of unit V
18 22Aug 12 8.30 – 9.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
WED
19 23Aug 12 10.30 – PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
THU 11.30
UNIT VI – Techniques in Cell Biology
20 29 Aug 12 8.30 – 9.30 Principle and application of : Electron microscopy, BOOK 3 127 – 135
WED Centrifugation techniques, TLC,Gel electrophoresis BOOK 2 23 – 37
Summary of unit VI
21 29 Aug 12 1.30 – 2.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
WED
22 30 Aug 12 10.30 – PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
THU 11.30
UNIT II– Cell Environment
23 5 Sept 12 8.30 – 9.30 Water, Salts and Ions, Biological molecules, BOOK 3 85 – 88
WED Freezing and Thawing of cells, Radiations in Cell 92 – 93
environment, (UV radiations, photodynamic 97 – 98
sensitization, Summary of unit VII 102

24 6 Sept 12 10.30 – PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS

THU 11.30
25 12 Sept 12 8.30 - 9.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
WED
26 13 Sept 12 10.30 – REVISION on UNIT I
THU 11.30
27 26 Sept 12 8.30 – 9.30 REVISION on UNIT II
WED
28 27 Sept 12 10.30 – REVISION on UNIT III
THU 11.30
29 26 Sept 12 8.30 – 9.30 REVISION on UNIT IV
WED
30 26 Sept 12 1.30 – 2.30 REVISION on UNIT V
WED
31 27 Sept 12 10.30 – REVISION on UNIT VI
THU 11.30
32 3 Oct 12 8.30 – 9.30 REVISION
WED
33 4 Oct 12 10.30 – REVISION
THU 11.30

BOOK 1 : CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY BY S. C. RASTOGI, NEW AGE INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS,
NEW DELHI

BOOK 2: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY BY MOHAN P. ARORA HIMALAYA PUBLISHING HOUSE, MUMBAI

BOOK 3: CELL PHYSIOLOGY BY ARTHUR GIESE.—W.B. SAUNDERS COMPANY, TOKYO, JAPAN

Reference books

1. Pawar C.B. (2004), cell Biology, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai

2. De Robertis and De Robertis, (2000) Cell and Molecular Biology,
3. Verma and Agarwal (2004), Cell Biology, Genetic s, Molecular Biology,
Evolution and Ecology, S. Chand publication, New Delhi.