BIOL3003 Plant Cell Biology

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• have knowledge of the properties, components and functions of the plasma membrane and endomembrane systems of plant cells
• have a basic knowledge of how plants respond to salt stress
• understand the cellular processes that may be sensitive to changes in the gaseous environment, particularly ozone
• be able to find and critically assess published information on a given topic
• have had practice in verbal and written presentation of scientific information.
• be familiar with the main techniques used to isolate and purify cell components and to investigate the properties of certain plant cell organelles, plant cell membranes and their components
• be familiar with the properties, functions and location in cells of a range of membrane transport systems including, where appropriate, the mechanisms which generate the driving forces for solute transport
• understand the properties and function of the plant cell vacuole
• be conversant with semi-autonomy of chloroplasts and understand chloroplast assembly, including coordination between chloroplast and cytoplasmic protein synthesis
• understand the mechanisms involved in the targeting and transport of proteins across organelle membranes
• understand the basic principles of signal transduction processes in plants including the nature and roles of signal receptors
• be familiar with the mechanisms involved in signal perception, and in signal generation and transmission
• have a basic knowledge of how plants respond to heavy metal stress, including mechanisms of heavy metal homeostasis