Fundamentals of Cell Biology

3 credits

Structure and function of plant and animal cells; membrane models, cytoplasmic organelles, biological information from gene to protein, the endomembrane system, secretion, intracellular digestion, endocytosis, transport processes, cytoskeleton and cell motility. [3-0-1] Prerequisite: Either (a) BIOL_V 112 and one of CHEM_V 123, CHEM_V 130 or (b) SCIE_V 001 or (c) 8 transfer credits of first-year BIOL_V and 6 credits of first-year CHEM_V or (d) one of BIOL_V 112 or BIOL_V 121 and a corequisite of one of CHEM_V 203, CHEM_V 223, CHEM_O 203.