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| BIYL7370 | Signal Transduction in Plants | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Gaining knowledge about pathways of signal transduction in plants |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Explain the pathways of signal transduction | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | 1,3,5 | | PO - 2 : | Describe the term of secondary messenger | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | 1,,3,5 | | PO - 3 : | Define the term of enzyme cascade with an example | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | 1,3,5 | | PO - 4 : | Summarize the signal transduction of plant hormones | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | 1,3,5 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Function of ions in signal transduction, calcium and calmodulin, signal transduction induced by phytochrome, G proteins, protein kinases, phospolipase and its activation, seconder mesengers, cell to cell signaling: short and long distance, saccharide derived signals, lignin derived signals, hormonal signal molecules, polypeptide hormones and their signal transduction. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | General Cell Communication | | | Week 2 | Signal Input and Signal Transduction
| | | Week 3 | Pathways of Signal Transduction | | | Week 4 | Cellular Responses to The Signal | | | Week 5 | Responses of Plants to Endogenous and Exogenous Signals | | | Week 6 | Cell to Cell Signaling: Short and Long Distance | | | Week 7 | Hormones and Signals: Identification and Description of Sinalling Molecules | | | Week 8 | Auxin
| | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Gibberellins | | | Week 11 | Abscisic Acid,Ethylene
| | | Week 12 | Brassinosteroids, Jasmonates
| | | Week 13 | Salicylic Acid, Nitric Oxide | | | Week 14 | Saccaride Derived Signals, Lignin Derived Signals | | | Week 15 | Hydrogen Peroxide and Signal proteins | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Taiz, L., Zeiger, E. 2008; Bitki Fizyolojisi, Üçüncü Baskıdan Çeviri, Çeviri Edt. Türkan, İ., Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara | | | 2 | Osborne, D.J., McManus, M.T. 2005; Hormones, Signals and Target Cells in Plant Development, Cambridge University Press, USA | | | |
| 1 | Terzi R. 2010; Ders Notları. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 12/11/2015 | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | 03/12/2015 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 04/01/2016 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 15 | 45 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 8 | 48 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 2 | 12 | 24 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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