BCMB 202: Cell Biology I

Cellular Compartments of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes: Organization, Dynamics, and Functions; Cellular membrane systems (structure and transport); Nucleus (envelope and matrix), Mitochondria and chloroplasts (including biogenesis and evolution).
Cell Division, Differentiation, and Development: Bacterial division, Meiosis and gametogenesis; Eukaryotic cell cycles; mitosis, and cytokinesis; Fertilization and early embryonic development (including positional information, homeotic genes, tissue-specific expression, nuclear and cytoplasmic interactions, growth factors and induction, environment, and polarity); Differentiation of special cells in tissues of plants and animals.