Department of Physics

10ΕΛΕ51 Current Issues in Cell Biology

Course webpage: https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/BIOL216

Course outline

Course content

• Introduction. Structural elements. Cellular organization.
• Biological membranes. Separative functional double layers.
• First step of genetic information flow: Levels of DNA organization.
• Second step of genetic information flow: Protein synthesis.
• Post-translational modification. Protein sorting, targeting and cellular polarity.
• Cellular organelles producing and converting energy: Mitochondria and chloroplasts.
• Organelles processing and degrading biomolecules: Peroxisomes, lysosomes.
• Cellular fibrils. Cytoskeleton.
• Cellular communication and conjunction.
• Extracellular matrix.
• Cell cycle. Reproduction.