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Module 3 – Biology 3
 

An advanced study of cell metabolism and cell structure and function.
 

Topics include:
In cell metabolism: Thermodynamics and regulation of metabolism, glycolysis and gluconeogenesis, citric acid cycle and fatty acid oxidation, transport across biomembranes, redox reactions and the
respiratory chain, chemiosmotic coupling, photosynthesis, and protein targeting and secretion

In cell structure and function: endocytosis and exocytosis, cytoskeleton (actin, muscles and movement, microtubules and intracellular movements, ciliary movement, mitosis), intracellular signalling cascades and their links to nerve cells and ion flux transduction, and, hormones and receptor binding. The roles of extracellular matrix, cell adhesion molecules and intercellular junctions. The cell division cycle and its
relationship to cancer

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In cell structure and function: endocytosis and exocytosis, cytoskeleton (actin, muscles and movement,microtubules and intracellular movements, ciliary movement, mitosis), intracellular signalling cascades and their links to nerve cells and ion flux transduction, and, hormones and receptor binding. The roles of extracellular matrix, cell adhesion molecules and intercellular junctions. The cell division cycle and its relationship to cancer

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