BI203/BI281 Cell Biology---DISCUSSION SYLLABUS

Fall, 2013

Discussion Coordinator:: Mandi Clark [arice@bu.edu; 353-2450]. (Note: name, office hours &
contact info for all Discussion Leaders will be provided at first Discussion meeting week of
September 09)
NOTE: E-mail will be the most effective means of contact.

In addition to the discussion of Key Experiments and papers during formal lecture
meetings with Professor Monette, the following Key Experiments will be presented in depth
by your Discussion leader, as follows:
Text pages
DISCUSSION TOPIC+++:
NO DISCUSSIONS
--PROTEIN FOLDING
Ch 02: pp. 54-55
THE LDL RECEPTOR
Ch 13: pp. 548-49
DISCUSSION QUIZ NO. 01
Ch 04: p. 117
THE DNA PROVIRUS HYPOTHESIS
30
THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT
Ch 05: pp. 167-68
07 Oct
MOLECULAR MEDICINE:
ANTIMETABOLITES & CHEMOTHERAPY
Ch 03: p. 97
and
COLON CANCER & DNA REPAIR
Ch 06: p. 215
14
EXAM 1 REVIEW
Chapters 1-5 & 13
21
ISOLATION OF A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR
Ch 07: p. 259
and
DISCOVERY OF SNRNPS
Ch 07: pp. 284-85
28
DISCUSSION QUIZ NO. 02
and
DISCOVERY OF PROTEIN-TYROSINE
Ch 08: pp. 333-34
KINASES
04 Nov
THE SIGNAL HYPOTHESIS (1975)
Ch 10: 378-79
and
IDENTIFICATION OF NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION Ch 09: p. 352
SIGNALS (1984)
11
MOLECULAR MEDI CINE:
NUCLEAR LAMINA DISEASES
Ch 09: pp. 348-49
and
GAUCHER DISEASE
Ch 10: p. 413
18
EXAM 2 REVIEW
Chapters 6-10
25
NO DISCUSSIONS (THANKSGIVING BREAK)
02 Dec
DISCUSSION QUIZ NO. 03
Ch 12: pp. 491-92
THE (DISCOVERY AND) ISOLATION OF KINESIN
09
NO DISCUSSIONS (CLASSES END)
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Check the course web site (or the Science Library) for the pdf files of the original
Journal articles: print-out and review BEFORE coming to class.

Week of:
03 Sept
09
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