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University of Mumbai Semester 5 (TE Third Year) Biophysics Revised Syllabus
University of Mumbai Semester 5 (TE Third Year) Biophysics and their Unit wise marks distribution
Units and Topics
| # | Unit/Topic | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | Introduction to Biophysics | - |
| 200 | Nucleic Acid Interactions | - |
| 300 | Membrane Structure and Properties | - |
| 400 | Protein Structural Study | - |
| 500 | Lipids and Their Interaction | - |
| Total | - |
Syllabus
100 Introduction to Biophysics
- Physicochemical properties of biological macromolecules and their complexes
- Structural studies of Nucleic Acids
- Proteins
- lipids and Carbohydrates.
- Approaches: Electron Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, X ray Crystallography, NMR Spectroscopy.
200 Nucleic Acid Interactions
- Different nucleic acid carrier proteins
- Carrier RNA
- snRNA
- Interactions between DNA & protein
- Zinc finger proteins
- various nucleic acid binding proteins
- Nuclear transport
300 Membrane Structure and Properties
- The principles governing the structures of biological membrane
- Twodimensional fluids
- Assembly of membrane components
400 Protein Structural Study
- Proteins -
- Intra and inter molecular forces
- helix-coil transitions and protein folding in a thermodynamical context
- Secondary Motifs
- Tertiary Architecture and Quaternary Organization
- crystallization
- diffraction theory
- phasing techniques and structure validation
500 Lipids and Their Interaction
- Details of Lipid Structures
- Lipoproteins and Glycolipids
- High density (HDL) and low density (LDL) lipoprotein
- energetics-structurefunction relationship in exchangeable apolipoproteins and lipoproteins
- Disorder caused by saturated fat and cholesterol
- Artereochlerosis
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