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Course outline

Higher Education Studies

Cell Biology 424518

Instructor: Dr Salwa Khalaf

Credit: lecture 3 hrs

Course description:

This course explores cell organization and subcellular structure. Students examine cell-to-cell signaling that involves hormones and receptors, signal transduction pathways, second messenger molecules, cell adhesion, extracellular matrix, cell cycle, programmed cell death, , and mechanisms of the cell.

Class Schedule- Topics to be discussed

Macromolecules of the cell

Cell membrane and transport

Signal transduction mechanisms: messengers and receptors
Extracellular structures

Cytoskeletal system

Mitochondria: structure and function

Endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi complex

The nucleus

The cell cycle and DNA replication

Cancer cells

Evaluation:

Med term exam            40%

Assignments                10%

Final exam                    50%

References:

1. Becker, Kleinsmith, and Hardin, and Bertoni , 2009. The World of the Cell, 7^thed. Pearson Benjamin Cummings.
2. Becker, Kleinsmith, and Hardin, 2006. The World of the Cell, 6^thed. Pearson Benjamin Cummings.
3. Gerald Karp, 2008. Cell and molecular Biology; concepts and experiments, 5^thed. John Wiley and sons.
4. Alberts et al, 2004. Essential Cell Biology, 2^nded. Garland Science.
5. Pollard, T.D. and Earnshaw, W.C. 2002.Cell Biology, 1^sted. Elsevier Science (USA).
6. Lodish, H. et al. 2002. Molecular Cell Biology, 4^thed. New York: Freeman and Company.
7. Cooper,G. M., 2000.   The Cell: A molecular approach. 2^nded. Washington, D. C. ASM press.
8. Internet resources