Cell Biology Module - Biochemistry 1st Year

Cell Biology Module - first class degree notes providing straightforward revision for exams. Comprehensive and excellent Cell Biology Module Notes to improve your grades. These notes cover the entire module, including extra reading, to enhance learning and results. I used these notes alone to prepare and revise for my exams. They are formatted to enable easy and straightforward revision and rapid learning of the essential topics and concepts. The notes are sectioned into different, structured topics, making revision simple. 80 pages of concise notes, focus on answering exam questions, to ensure the student is well prepared for the examination. Modules/topics: • LIGHT MICROSCOPY • Electron Microscopy (EM) • Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) • Tools for the detection and purification of proteins • Biological membranes • Mitochondria and chloroplasts • Protein sorting and protein traffic - How proteins find their way in a cell • Targeting to the ER • Cytoskeleton • Cellular organisation • Extracellular matrix (ECM) • Epithelia and cell junctions • Plant Structure, Growth, and Development • Meristems, primary and secondary growth of plant cells in shoots and roots • Plant cell expansion and division, morphogenesis and pattern formation, the control of cell differentiation • Nucleus • Chromosomes • Mitosis and Meiosis • Cell Proliferation: The Cell Cycle • Cell signalling • Enzyme-coupled receptor signalling - Signalling cross-talk • Quiescence, senescence, terminal differentiation and apoptosis in animal cells • Cancer, Tissue Renewal, Stem Cells and Stem Cell Therapies • Stem cells and Tissue Renewal • Stem Cell Therapies (Regenerative Medicine)