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Assistant Professor Exam Syllabus :

Biotechnology :
1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology
2. Cellular Organization

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3. Fundamental Processes
4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
5. Inheritance Biology
6. Applied Biology
7. Methods in Biology

1. Molecules and their Interaction relevant to Boilogy :
A. Structure of atoms, molecules and chemical bonds.
B. Composition, structure and function of biomolecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids).

C. Stablizing interactions (Van der Waals, electrostatic, hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic interaction, etc.).
D. Principles of biophysical chemistry (pH, buffer, reaction kinetics, thermodynamics, colligative properties).

E. Bioenergetics, glycolysis, oxidative phosphorylation, coupled reaction, group transfer, biological energy transducers.
F. Principles of catalysis, enzymes and enzyme kinetics, enzyme regulation, mechanism of enzyme catalysis, isozymes

G. Conformation of proteins (Ramachandran plot, secondary structure, domains, motif and folds).
H. Conformation of nucleic acids (helix (A, B, Z), t-RNA, micro-RNA).

I. Stability of proteins and nucleic acids.
J. Metabolism of carbohydrates and lipids

2. Cellular Organization :
A) Membrane structure and function Structure of model membrane, lipid bilayer and membrane protein diffusion, osmosis, ion channels, active transport, membrane pumps, mechanism of sorting and regulation of intracellular transport, electrical properties of membranes

B)Structural organization and function of intracellular organelles Cell wall, nucleus, mitochondria, Golgi bodies, lysosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, peroxisomes, plastids, vacuoles, chloroplast, structure & function of cytoskeleton and its role in motility.

C) Organization of genes and chromosomes Operon, unique and repetitive DNA, interrupted genes, gene families, structure of chromatin and chromosomes, heterochromatin, euchromatin, transposons.

D) Cell division and cell cycle Mitosis and meiosis, their regulation, steps in cell cycle, regulation and control of cell cycle.
E) Microbial Physiology Growth yield and characteristics, strategies of cell division.

3. Fundamental Processes :
A)DNA replication, repair and recombination Unit of replication, enzymes involved, replication origin and replication fork, fidelity of replication, extrachromosomal replicons, DNA damage and repair mechanisms, homologous and site-specific recombination.

B) RNA synthesis and processing transcription factors and machinery, formation of initiation complex, transcription activator and repressor, RNA polymerases, capping, elongation, and termination, RNA processing, RNA editing, splicing, and polyadenylation, structure and function of different types of RNA, RNA transport.

C) Protein synthesis and processing Ribosome, formation of initiation complex, initiation factors and their regulation, elongation and elongation factors, termination, genetic code, aminoacylation of tRNA, tRNA-identity, aminoacyl tRNA synthetase, and translational proofreading, translational inhibitors, Post- translational modification of proteins.