INTRODUCTION
You have learnt earlier, in the module on Cells, that a single cell, whether it is prokaryotic or eukaryotic, carries a set of DNA with specific sequences and these are organized into chromosomes.....
THE CENTRAL DOGMA
We understand the process of "reading" a blue print (set of documents) and "carrying out" the instructions provided in it. We have also understood that in
REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION
Regulation of gene expression refers to the control of when and how much of a particular protein to produce......
MUTATION
You have learnt how a gene encodes for a protein through the genetic code system in The Central Dogma. You have also learnt that the gene expression can......
CONTINUITY OF LIFE
One of the characteristics of living things is that they can reproduce themselves – meaning, each can generate new individual(s) of the same type. For example, a.....
DNA REPLICATION
All living things reproduce. They generate offsprings that are like themselves. This is true for even the simplest living thing –e.g. the single-cell bacterium. A bacterium.....
EXTRACELLULAR METABOLISM
In extracellular metabolism, ingested foodstuff (lipids, carbohydrates, proteins) are digested (broken down) to small molecules through a set of reactions that occur in the .......
CELLULAR METABOLISM
In this LO, we will introduce cellular metabolism which can be defined as: how cells utilize various molecules to acquire, transform and store energy, and use that energy to do work.......
CELLULAR RESPIRATION
Cellular respiration is a metabolic process by which the chemical energy of carbohydrates is converted to that of ATP. It is a universal process occurring both in eukaryotes and ........
METABOLIC INTEGRATION
All metabolic pathways are connected with each other directly or indirectly in a metabolic network. A multi-organ organism can function efficiently when these interconnected pathways .......
