MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Alessandra TOSCO MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

0760100019
DIPARTIMENTO DI FARMACIA
EQF7
PHARMACY
2020/2021

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1MICROBIOLOGIA MODULO DI MICROBIOLOGIA E BIOLOGIA MOLECOLARE
648LESSONS
2BIOLOGIA MOLECOLARE MODULO DI MICROBIOLOGIA E BIOLOGIA MOLECOLARE
540LESSONS
Objectives
THE TEACHING IS DIRECTED TO THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE AND TO THE COMPREHENSION OF CLASSIFICATION, MORPHOLOGY AND VIRULENCE FACTORS OF THE MAIN MICROORGANISMS AND VIRUSES; OTHER THAN THE MOLECULAR BASES OF DUPLICATION, GENE TRANSCRIPTION AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS PROCESSES.
APPLYING THE ACQUIRED SKILLS, THE STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANALYSE AND UNDERTAKE PROBLEMS RELATED TO INFECTIVE PATHOLOGIES CAUSED BY BACTERIA, FUNGI AND VIRUSES IN HUMANS, OTHER THAN PROBLEMS RELATED TO MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF GENE EXPRESSION, IN PHYSIOLOGIC AND PATHOLOGIC CONDITIONS
Prerequisites
CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY
Contents
MICROBIOLOGY: -PHYLETIC ORIGIN OF BACTERIA: BACTERIA, ARCHEOBACTERIA AND EUKARYOTES
-KOCH’S POSTULATES
-CELL THEORY
-DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PROKARYOTES AND EUKARYOTES
-BACTERIAL MORPHOLOGY
-BACTERIAL CAPSULE, CELL WALL, FLAGELLA, PILI
-MICROBIAL STAINING METHODS, GRAM STAIN
-MICROBIAL GROWTH, SPORULATION
-BACTERIAL TOXINS: LPS, EXOTOXINS AND THEIR MECHANISMS OF ACTION
-CELL CULTURE
-HUMAN MICROBIOTA

BACTERIA
CLASSIFICATION, STRUCTURE, PHYSIOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS AND VIRULENCE FACTORS OF
ENTEROBACTERIACEE, E. COLI, SALMONELLA AND ANTIGENIC SWITCH OF SALMONELLA;
HELICOBACTER PYLORI;
PSEUDOMONAS;
STAPPHYLOCOCCUS;
STREPTOCOCCUS;
BACILLACEAE, BACILLUS ANTHRACIS, CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI, C. BOTULINUM, C. PERFRINGENS, C. DIFFICILE;


FLUCTUATION TEST
OPERONS: LAC,
CONJUGATION, TRANSFECTION, TRANSFORMATION

MYCOLOGY
YEAST, MYCELIUM, MYCOSIS, YEAST TO HYPHA TRANSITION
DIMORPHIC FUNGI: C. ALBICANS
PATHOGENIC FUNGI C. NEOFORMANS, ASPERGILLUS


VIRUS
MORPHOLOGY, SYMMETRIES; VIRAL GENOMES; BALTIMORE’S CLASSIFICATION; VIRAL REPLICATIVE CYCLES; PATHOGENESIS OF VIRAL INFECTIONS; HUMAN HERPES VIRUSES. BACTERIOPHAGE

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE: NUCLEOSIDES E NUCLEOTIDES; WATSON AND CRICK AND THE DOUBLE HELIX STRUCTURE OF DNA; RNA AND ITS STRUCTURES. CHROMATIN: HISTONES AND NUCLEOSOMES; HIGH ORDER CHROMATIN STRUCTURES; NUCLEOSOMES REMODELLING AND HISTONE MODIFICATIONS. DNA REPLICATION: THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF DNA POLYMERASE; THE ENZYMOLOGY OF REPLICATION; DNA HELICASES, SSB, TOPOISOMERASES AND DNA SLIDING CLAMP; CONTROL OF THE BEGINNING; THE PROBLEM OF TERMINATION: TELOMERS AND TELOMERASES. DNA MUTABILITY AND REPAIR: DNA DAMAGE; REPLICATION ERRORS AND CHEMICAL DAMAGE; REPAIR SYSTEMS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION: THE HOLLIDAY MODEL; DSB REPAIR AND CROSSING-OVER; SITE SPECIFIC RECOMBINATION AND TRANSPOSITION. TRANSCRIPTION: RNA POLYMERASE AND TRANSCRIPTION CYCLE; PROKARYOTES; PROMOTER AND SIGMA FACTOR; RHO- DEPENDENT AND RHO-INDEPENDENT TERMINATION. EUKARYOTES; GENERAL FACTORS, MEDIATOR COMPLEX AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATORS; MRNA MATURATION: CAPPING AND POLYADENILATION. SPLICING: SPLICING REACTIONS; SPLICEOSOME MACHINERY; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; EXON RESHUFFLING. TRANSLATION: TRNA; AMINOACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE; RIBOSOME STRUCTURE. CONTROL OF THE BEGINNING; THE MECHANISM OF ELONGATION; THE TERMINATION; THE GENETIC CODE. GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION: THE CONTROL OF THE TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; EPIGENETIC REGULATION AND IMPRINTING; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; RNA EDITING; RNA INTERFERENCE. FOLDING OF NEW SYNTHESIZED PROTEINS AND POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS: CHAPERON ASSISTED FOLDING; PROTEIN UBIQUITINILATION AND PROTEASOME COMPLEX.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES
Verification of learning
ORAL EXAMINATION
Texts
PRINCIPI DI MICROBIOLOGIA MEDICA; ANTONELLI ET AL.- CASA EDITRICE AMBROSIANA.

MICROBIOLOGIA MOLECOLARE E CELLULARE, MARESCA ET AL. MCGRAW-HILL

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: J.D. WATSON ET AL. – MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE GENE, VII EDIZIONE – ZANICHELLI ISBN 88-08-36480-7

G. CAPRANICO, E. MARTEGANI, G. MUSCI, G. RAUGEI, T. RUSSO, N. ZAMBRANO, V. ZAPPAVIGNA - BIOLOGIA MOLECOLARE - EDISES
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LECTURES IN ITALIAN, LOCATION DEPT. OF PHARMACY
UD: MICROBIOLOGY (PROF. AMALIA PORTA)
UD: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (PROF. ALESSANDRA TOSCO)
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