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BS 161
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Course Overview
Lessons & Practice
I. Welcome
2 min1. The Scientific Method
5min2. The Cell
17min3. Bonds & Forces
46min4. Macromolecules
1.3hr5. Gene to Protein: Transcription and Translation
1.8hr6. Membranes & Cell Compartments
1.8hr6.2.1. Prokaryotic Cells5 min6.2.2. Practice 16.2.3. Practice 26.2.4. Eukaryotic Cells11 min6.2.5. Illustrations of Cellular Components7 min6.2.6. Practice 16.2.7. Practice 26.2.8. Endosymbiont Theory5 min6.2.9. Example 16.2.10. Practice 16.2.11. Practice 26.2.12. Practice 36.2.13. The Endomembrane System2 min6.2.14. The Nucleus5 min6.2.15. The Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)4 min6.2.16. The Golgi Apparatus3 min6.2.17. Lysosomes, Vacuoles and Vesicles6.2.18. Example 16.2.19. Practice 16.2.20. Practice 26.2.21. Cytoskeleton Overview5 min6.2.22. Microtubules6 min6.2.23. Actin Microfilaments4 min6.2.24. Intermediate Filaments3 min6.2.25. Practice 16.2.26. Practice 26.2.27. Illustrations of the Cytoskeleton4 min6.2.28. Motor Proteins5 min6.2.29. Flagella and Cilia3 min6.2.30. Practice 16.2.31. Practice 26.2.32. Extracellular Matrix2 min6.2.33. Junctions and Adhesions5 min6.2.34. Practice 16.2.35. Practice 26.2.36. Practice 3
7. Bioenergetics & Enzymes
2.1hr8. Membrane Transport
38min9. Introduction to Energy Metabolism
8min10. Cellular Respiration
1.5hr11. Photosynthesis
1.1hr12. Cell Communication
1.1hr13. The Cell Cycle
1.2hr14. Cell Cycle Regulation
14min15. DNA Replication
1.3hr16. DNA Damage & Mutations
1.2hr16.1.1. Types of DNA Mutations9 min16.1.2. Practice 116.1.3. Practice 216.1.4. Sources of Mutation: Tautomeric Shifts7 min16.1.5. Example: Tautomeric Shifts4 min16.1.6. Sources of Mutation: DNA Slippage5 min16.1.7. Sources of Mutation: Copy Number Variations3 min16.1.8. Sources of Mutation: Mobile Elements7 min
17. Regulation of Gene Expression
1hr18. Alleles & Phenotypes
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