Cell Biology

4 credits · Undergraduate credit

The following topics are included: methods for handling relevant organisms; general properties of membranes; secretion, endocytosis, and related processes; functions and biogenesis of cell walls, of mitochondria, or chloroplasts; cellular organization of energy metabolism in prokaryotes; cytoskeleton and cell motility; structural organization and functional consequences of nuclei and nucleoids; cell cycle and its regulation; cellular aspects of differentiation and development; functions of specialized cell types.