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SYLLABUS

UNIT-I

1.1 Basic concepts of immunology 1.2 Cells of immune system 1.3 Primary and secondary Organs of immune system 1.4 Types of Immunity - Innate and acquired 1.5 Basic properties of antigens 1.6 Structure, function and types of an antibody 1.7 B and T cell epitopes, haptens, adjuvants 1.8 Antigen-antibody reactions 1.9 T-Cell and B-cell activation 1.10 Monoclonal antibodies and their production

UNIT-II

2.1 Structure and functions of major histocompatibility complex 2.2 Basic properties and functions of Cytokines, Interferons and complement proteins 2.3 Humoral and Cell mediated immunity 2.4 Types of hyper sensitivity 2.5 Concepts of autoimmunity and immunodeficiency 2.6 Introduction to Vaccines and types of Vaccines

UNIT-III

3.1 Concept and Scope of Animal Biotechnology 3.2 Cloning vectors - Plasmids, Cosmids, Lambda bacteriophage, YAC 3.3 Cloning - Cloning methods (Cell, Animal and Gene cloning) 3.4 Animal Cell culture - Equipment and materials for animal cell culture ; applications of cell culture techniques 3.5 Recombinant DNA technology and its applications 3.6 Transgenesis - Methods of Transgenesis 3.7 Production of Transgenic animals and Application of Transgenic animals in Biotechnology 3.8 Stem cells - types and their applications