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18th August 2014, 12:27 PM
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| Re: Syllabus for DBT's preparation
As you want to get the syllabus of DBT-JRF BET examination so here it is for you: Some content of the file has been given here: PART-A: Aptitude & General Biotechnology Aptitude: Questions may include Comprehension based, where a written paragraph is given for the students to read and then questions based on that paragraph is asked. They may be designed to test non-verbal reasoning capacity (e.g., by finding the odd one out in a series of abstract pictures), they may also be of quantitative type; designed to test the students ability to comprehend large numbers and do simple calculations. General Biotechnology 1) Biomolecular structure and function a) Covalent structure of Amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids. b) Forces that stabilize biomolecules: electrostatic and van der Waal’s interaction, hydrogen bonding. Interactions with solvents, Hydrophobic effect. c) Protein Structure: Structural characteristics of -helix, -sheet and -turn. Ramachandran plot. Protein domains and domain architecture. Quaternary structure of proteins. d) Conformation of Nucleic acids: Structural characteristics of A, B and Z-DNA. 3D structure of t-RNA, ribozymes and riboswitches e) Basic Thermodynamics: Laws of thermodynamics. Concepts of ∆G, ∆H and ∆S. f) Physical properties of water and their role in biology. Concepts of pH, ionic strength and buffers. g) Chemical kinetics: Concepts of order and molecularity of a chemical reaction. Derivation of first and second order rate equation, measurement of rate constants. Concept of activation energy. h) Enzymology: Introduction to enzymes. Types of enzymatic reaction mechanisms, Michaelis-Menten kinetics. Competitive, Non-competitive and Un-competitive inhibition. Bi-substrate reaction kinetics. Allostery.      For more detailed information I am uploading a PDF file which is free to download: |