PřF:C7170 Structure and function of the

C7170 Structure and function of the cell

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2005

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Omar Šerý, Ph.D. (lecturer)

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Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Course objectives

The aim of lectures is the introduction in biology.

Syllabus

1. Biology, biological studies, history of biology, biological sciences. 2. Chemical structure of live systems, biogenic elements, water, minerals, aminoacids, proteins, peptides, sacharids, nucleic acids, lipids, enzymes. 3. Cell, structure and functions of vegetal and animal cell. Cell theory. Cell structures a their functions: cytoplasmatic membrane, endoplasmatic reticulum, Golgiho complex, lysosomes, peroxisomes, mitochondries, chloroplasts, cytoskeleton. 4. Protozoa, fungi, bacterias, viruses and prions, their characteristics and structure. 5. Live cycle of cell and its regulation, generative and vegetative reproduction. Unicellular and polycellular organisms, carcinogenesis, mutagenesis, tumors. 6. DNA and cell, the role of DNA in cellular regulations, genetic nomenclature, replication, transcription, translation, regulation of expression, mutation, polymorphisms and their implications, nonsense DNA. 7. Animal tissues, organs and organ systems. System of skeleton and integument, digestive system , respiratory system, nervous system, excretion system, muscular system, vascular system, sexual system. 8. Nutrition and vitamins 9. Physiologic processes muscle traction, blood coagulation, nervous signal 10. The theory of evolution, recent knowledge and hypothesis, evolution of human

Literature

ROSYPAL, Stanislav. Nový přehled biologie. 1. vydání. Praha: Scientia, 2003, xxii, 797. ISBN 9788086960234. info
Molecular cell biology. Edited by Harvey Lodish. 4th ed. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1999, xxxvi, 108. ISBN 0-7167-3136-3. info
ALBERTS, Bruce. Základy buněčné biologie :úvod do molekulární biologie buňky. 1. vyd. Ústí nad Labem: Espero, 1999, xxvi, 630. ISBN 80-902906-0-4. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught: every week.