Course title
農産物製造学   [Agri-Product Processing]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 2  Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code 01bn2011
Instructor(s)
横田 茂永   []
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
To understand cellular activities, which are essential for life, at molecular level, I will give you my lecture using power point slides uploaded on the web "Moodle". These slides are refered from the good text book "Molecuar Biology of the Cell".
Expected Learning
To understand cellular activities, which are essential for life, at molecular level.
Corresponding criteria in the Diploma policy:
See the curriculum maps.
https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/
Course schedule
1. Structure of biomembrane, transport of molecules through biomembrane
2. Cell cycle, cell division, cytoskeleton
3. DNA, chromosomes, genomes, plant genome diversity
4. Epigenetics: Mutation without change in DNA sequence
5. DNA type transposons and reversion mutations
6. Regulation of gene expression I (RNA polymerase, splicing, exons, introns)
7. Regulation of gene expression II (transcription factors) transgenic plants
8. Regulation of gene expression by RNA RNA interference, miRNA, RNA world
9. Mechanism of DNA replication
10. Transcriptional regulation by RNA polymerase I
11. Transcriptional regulation by RNA polymerase II
12. Regulation of RNA transport and metabolism
13. Protein denaturation/aggregation and quality control mechanisms
14. Yeast prion protein
15. Summary of DNA replication, RNA biosynthesis, and protein synthesis
Prerequisites
In addition to the lectures in the class, you are recommended to prepare and review the class using the standard amount of time as specified by the university for each class.
Required Text(s) and Materials
PDF files uploaded on Google Classroom
References
Molecular Biology of the Cell 5th ed., Garland Science.
Biology 9th ed., Pearson.
Assessment/Grading
Examination about 70% and questions in every class 30%
Message from instructor(s)
Please check "Moodle" and print handouts before you take a class.
Course keywords
Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Gene expression, Genome, RNA, Epigenetics
Office hours
10:30-17:00 in every Friday
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
Related URL
http://www.tuat.ac.jp/~mcb/
Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
English
Last update
2/27/2023 5:59:22 PM