Biology

Plan of the lecture:

1. Cell as the basic structure of life
   1. Formulation of the Cell Theory
   2. General properties of the cell
   3. Chemical and biochemical composition of the cell
   4. Phylogenesis and macromolecular structures
   5. Cell membrane, the basic structural element
   6. Procaryotic and eukaryotic cells
      • Structure of bacterial, animal and plant cells
      • Comparison of prokaryptic and eukaryotic cells
      • Prokaryotic cells (Archea and Bacteria)
      • Eukaryotic cells (differentiation)
      • The origin of eukaryotic cells
   7. Sizes of cells and their components
   8. The life cycle of the cell
   9. Integrating cells into tissues and organs
2. Viruses and viroids
3. Protein structure and funtion
4. Genes and heredity
5. The gene as a heredity unit
6. Chromosomal organization of genes
   1. Gene and protein families (unequall crossing-over as a possible source)
   2. Genetic translocations as a possible origin of changes of chromosomal patterns
7. Nucleic acids, the genetic code and macromolecular synthesis
8. Cell membranes and subcellular organization of eukaryotic cells
9. Mitosis and meiosis
10. Regulation of the cell cycle
11. Cancer
12. Immunological response
13. Foundations of the animal comparative physiology

Bibliography:

1. Lodish, Harvey , Berk, Arnold , Zipursky, Lawrence , Matsudaira, Paul , Baltimore, David , Darnell, James Molecular Cell Biology 4/e, 2000, W.H. Freeman
2. Karp, Gerald Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments 3/e, 2002, Wiley
3. Alberts, Bruce i in. Podstawy biologii komórki. Wprowadzenie do biologii molekularnej, 2001, PWN