BC2024 - Cell Regulation
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
This subject introduces the regulatory systems in cells and organisms as well as forming the basis for pharmacology.
Learning Outcomes
- intracellular regulation and secondary messenger systems;
- the different modes of communication between cells within an organism;
- the pathways for the synthesis, release and recycling of chemical messengers;
- the role of cell-surface receptors and gated ion channels in transmembrane signalling;
- the role of enzymes in cellular regulation.
| Prerequisites: | BC2013allow concurrent |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | PC2001 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 05-Sep-2008 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Gerald Muench |
| Lecturers: | Dr Anna-Marie Babey, Assoc. Professor Bill Warren, Professor Heinrich Korner, Dr Bill Leggat, Professor George Meehan, Professor James Burnell. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (70%); assignments (30%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.