Unit 1 Cell and Molecular Biology

Learning Outcomes

• 1.1 Define the terms somatic cell, germ cell and gamete
• 1.2 Explain the progression of events that occur during the cell cycle which leads from a single parent cell to two identical daughter cells
• 1.3 Describe the processes involved in DNA replication
• 1.4 Describe the events that take place in the production of somatic cells via mitosis
• 1.5 Describe the events that take place in the production of gametes via meiosis
• 1.6 Describe the processes and enzymes involved in transcription and translation
• 1.7 Describe the central Dogma (DNA->RNA-> Protein)
• 1.8 Describe the degenerate and universal nature of the genetic code and how the DNA sequence prescribes the RNA sequence and the amino acid sequence of polypeptides
• 1.9 Explain the role of the different types of RNA in gene transcription
• 1.10 Describe how RNA transcripts are processed with 5' capping and 3' polyadenylation
• 1.11 Describe amino acid structure and how amino acids are assembled into polypeptides
• 1.12 Explain the primary, secondary and tertiary structure of proteins
• 1.13 Describe how proteins can be modified via post-translational processing