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 Academic Year:
| 2015/6 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Biology & Biochemistry |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
Semester 1 |
| Assessment Summary:
| EX 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites: | Before taking this module you must take BB10005 |
| Description:
| Aims: To provide students with the vocabulary and concepts of cell signalling and cell division; key aspects of cell biology. To provide details of how cells communicate and divide, how these processes are studied and to illustrate the importance of cell signalling, cell cycle control and mitosis, particularly in growth, development and cancer. Learning Outcomes: After taking this course the student should be able to: * Explain the major methods used to study cell signalling and the cell division cycle * Demonstrate knowledge of major cell signalling systems, mitosis and cell cycle control * Identify mechanisms that are either unique or common to different signalling systems. Skills: Learning and studying T/F/A, Written communication T/FA, Information handling and retrieval T/FA, Working independently T/F. Content: Growth factors and the regulation of cell proliferation during mammalian growth and in cancer. Tyrosine kinase receptors and the MAP kinase pathway. Hormones and intracellular receptors. G-protein coupled receptors (especially those involved in the perception of light, smell and taste), and the Ca2+ and cAMP second messenger systems. Signalling systems that involve protein cleavage. Bacterial cell communication and signalling Regulation of the cell division cycle. Mitosis. |
| Programme availability: |
BB20024 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Biology & Biochemistry
BB20024 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Biology & Biochemistry
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