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General Biology

BT2: General Biology · GATE BT

CELL.MEMBRANE Cell Biology

The lipid bilayer as a selectively permeable barrier studded with proteins that gate, pump and sense.

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Biochemistry (biomolecules, biological membranes, channels, pumps and molecular motors, action potential, transport, metabolism and its regulation, glycolysis, citric acid cycle, fatty-acid oxidation, photosynthesis, respiration, electron transport chain, enzymes, Michaelis-Menten kinetics, competitive, non-competitive and uncompetitive inhibition)

  • CELL.MEMBRANE
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microbiology (history, bacterial classification and diversity, cell wall composition, Gram positive and negative, Archaea, methods, growth and nutrition, Lac, Trp and Ara operons, nitrogen fixation, microbial diseases and host-pathogen interactions, antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance, two-component systems, bacterial communication, viruses)

  • MICRO.TAXONOMY
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immunology (lymphoid organs, innate immunity and inflammation, cytokines and chemokines, complement, cellular and humoral immunity, antibody diversity, polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies, T- and B-cell development, memory responses, MHC, antigen processing and presentation, immune regulation and tolerance, hypersensitivity, autoimmunity, immunodeficiency, GvHD, immunization and vaccines)

  • IMMUNOLOGY