Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
Máster Universitario en Bioloxía Molecular, Celular e Xenética |
Subjects |
Advanced Cellular Biology |
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Identifying Data | 2022/23 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Advanced Cellular Biology | Code | 610441003 | |||||||||||
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Official Master's Degree | 1st four-month period |
First | Obligatory | 3 | ||||||||||
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Topic | Sub-topic |
Introduction to cell | Cell Domains and the origin of multicellularity. Integrative view of the eukaryote cell |
Structure and dynamics of the cell nucleus | Structure of nuclear envelope Nucleocytoplasmic traffic. Cell nucleus organization: chromatinic territories and nuclear subdomains. |
Biogenesis, trafficking and functions of the cell endomembrane system | Structure and membrane domains. Membrane compartments and vesicular trafficking. Traffic RE-Golgi complex. Endosomes and endocytosis. Traffic between the Golgi complex and endosomes. The secretory pathway of the Golgi complex: conventional and unconventional exocytosis. Lipid trafficking between compartments. Post-translational targeting of cytosolic proteins to organelles. Degradation of cellular components. |
Cytoskeleton and cell dynamic. | Microtubules and associated proteins. Microtubule complex structures. Microfilaments and associated proteins. Cell motility and contractile systems. Cytoskeleton and cytokinesis. Intermediate filaments. Septins. |
Interactions cell to cell and cell to extracellular matrix | Cell adhesion and junctions Extracellular matrix molecules Pathological alterations of the extracellular matrix. |
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