Nov 27, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Calendar Mount Royal University 
    
2024-2025 Academic Calendar Mount Royal University

BIOL 2202 - Cellular and Molecular Biology


Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hour(s): 3
Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Blended, Lecture, Online
This course provides a thorough study of cell structure and function. Topics studied are (a) basic genetic mechanisms including the characteristics of chromosomes, DNA replication and repair, transcription and translation, and the regulation of gene expression, (b) methods used to study macromolecules and to visualize cells, (c) characteristics of membranes, (d) organelles, (e) cell communication, (f) the cell cycle and cell division, (g) cell junctions, cell adhesion and the extracellular matrix, and (h) cancer.

Prerequisite(s): BIOL 2101  or equivalent with a grade of C- or higher.
General Science Option