spmvv.ac.in Syllabus RESET 2013-2014 Research Entrance Test : Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam

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RESET SYLLABUS
DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS
UNIT 1: Groups – Examples – Subgroups – Theorems – Normal subgroups – Cauchy Theorem for Abelian groups – Sylow’s theorem for Abelian groups.
UNIT 2: Rings – Integral domain – Ideals and quotient rings. Vector spaces – Basis – related Theorems – Orthonormal basis Theorem.
UNIT 3: Metric spaces– Convex sets – Open sets – Compact sets – K-cell – Weierstrass theorem.
UNIT 4: Continuity– Continuous Functions – Continuity and Compactness – Continuity and connectedness – Riemann Stieltjes Integration – Related Theorems.
UNIT 5: Topological spaces – Definition – Examples – Open basis – Open Sub basis – Compactness – Compact Spaces – Tychonoff’s Theorem – Locally Compact Spaces – Compactness for Matrices.
UNIT 6: Simplex method – The M-Technique – Two- phase Technique.
UNIT 7: Transportation Problem – North – West Corner Method – Vogel’s Approximation method – Optimal Solution of Transportation Problem.
UNIT 8: The Cauchy – Riemann Equations – Problems – Mobius Transformation. The Circle Preserving Property of Mobius Transformation – Fixed points of Mobius Transformation
UNIT 9: Cauchy’s Integral Theorem – Cauchy’s Integral Theorem for a System of Contours – Cauchy’s Residue Theorem – Cauchy’s Integral Formula – Morera’s Theorem.
UNIT 10: Newton – Raphson Method – Bisection Method – Regula Falsi Method – Euler’s Method – Runge-Kutta Methods.

DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY :
UNIT 1: Classification of carbohydrates and their metabolism Glycolysis, TCA cycle, Glyoxylate cycle, H.M.P. and Phosphoketolase, gluconeogenesis and ED pathway Oxidative phosphorylation and its coupling to electron transport, uncouplers and inhibitors of ETC.
Lipids – classification, structure and functions of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, fats, phospholipids, glycolipids, cholesterol. Oxidation and biosynthesis of fatty acids. Nucleic acids classification, structure of purines, pyrimidines modified bases, nucleosides and nucleotides. Structure and forms of DNA. Amino acids and peptides and proteins – classification, structural organization (primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary level), transamination, oxidative deamination, urea cycle, ammonia transport. enzymes: Nomenclature and classification. General properties of enzymes; factors affecting enzyme activity.
Enzyme specificity, Regulation of enzyme activity – allosteric interactions, enzyme inhibitors, Enzyme inhibition – competitive, non-competitive and uncompetitive. Isoenzymes

UNIT 2: Organization and complexity DNA in prokaryotes & eukaryotes, modern concept of gene structure. Mechanism of transcription, translation. regulation of gene expression in prokaryotic operons.
Modes of gene transfer in bacteria: Transformation, Transduction Conjugation. Plasmids transposable elements, mechanism of transposition, importance of transposable elements. Genetic recombination in bacteria – Types of recombination.
Mutations and Mutagenesis: Types of mutations, molecular basis of mutations, mutagenic agents and mechanism of mutagenesis.

UNIT 3: Cloning: Core techniques of gene manipulation, screening and detection of recombinant clones, expression of cloned genes in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell, Problems associated with heterologous gene expression. Cloning in yeast, plant animals. Application of recombinant DNA technology in Biology, Agriculture and Medicine.
Amplification of DNA Nucleic acid probes, PCR and its variants factors influencing PCR, LCR and their applications.
DNA finger printing techniques – PFGE RFLP, Single nucleotide polymorphism, RAPD, AFLP Antisense technology and its applications.

UNIT 4: Microbiological techniques : Methods of sterilization and disinfection, isolation of pure cultures. Cultivation of aerobic and anaerobic microbes, Preservation and maintenance of cultures. Methods of identification of bacteria. Nutritional groups of bacteria (autotrophy and heterotrophy), growth cycle of bacteria, synchronous and continuous culture methods.
Principles of bacterial taxonomy, classification of bacteria and general characteristics of each group including Rickettsiae, PPLO and Chlamydiae. Cell structure of Eubacteria and Archaebacteria. Biosynthesis of bacterial cell wall. Structure of bacterial endospores, physiology and biochemistry of sporulation.

UNIT 5: Nature and general properties of viruses – classification, cultivation of viruses, Ultra structure of bacteriophages (T4,? x 174), Plant viruses (TMV, CMV), Structure and replication of cancer viruses R S V, Adeno-associted and Retro-viruses. and AIDS. Prions, virusoids, viroids, satellite and defective virus particles. Pathogenicity, Clinical condition, Laboratory diagnosis, treatment of Herpes, Pox, Hepatitis, Adeno influenza viruses

UNIT 6: Cells and organs of immune system: Haemopoeisis, lymphoid, mononuclear, granulocytic, mast and dendritic cells. Biological aspects of immunity, types of immunity, elements of innate immunity – non- specific immune factors, phagocytosis, inflammation, extracellular killing, antigen – antibody reactions, Origin, biology and maturation of ‘B’ and T Lymphocytes (B-dependent and T independent), clonal selection theory. Structure and function of MHC, Cell cooperation model for triggering ‘T’ and ‘B’ cells, Activation of T & B lymphocytes, cytokines and their role in immune regulation. Complement system and its significance.

UNIT 7: Centrifugation : Sedimentation analysis, differential, rate zonal and equilibrium density gradient centrifugations applications. Spectroscopy: Working principle and applications of visible, UV, IR, NMR, fluorimetry & flame photometry, turbidometry, Mass Spectroscopy Chromatography Techniques: Paper, thin layer, ion exchange, gel permeation, affinity chromatography, HPLC, GLC. Electrophoresis: PAGE, isoelectric focusing, blotting techniques Western, Southern Northern, Electro elution of biomolecules from gel/paper.

UNIT 8: Microbial diversity in soil, Rhizosphere, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) spermosphere and phyllosphere, Mycorrhizal associations. Biogeo chemical cycles. Bioremediation: Microorganisms for environmental clean up of contaminated and heavy metal polluted sites.
The symbiotic nitrogen fixer, Legume – Rhizobium interaction, structure and factors influencing nodulation, biochemistry and mechanism of nitrogenfixation, Factors influencing nitrogen fixation.

UNIT 9: Strain improvement of industrially important Microorganisms by conventional and r-DNA methods. Types of Bioreactors, Types of fermentation processes, Scale up of fermentations. Industrial production of Ethanol, Organic acids Amino acids, Enzymes and Antibiotics. Production of single cell protein. Immobilization of enzymes & cells and applications

UNIT 10: Normal flora of the body, Nosocomial, Water borne and air borne infections. Pathogenesis of Bacterial infections, Bacterial virulence factors and their role in virulence and pathogenesis, Diagnostics of bacterial infections. Mode of action of Antimicrobial agents. Mechanism of drug resistance.

Types of vaccines – Conventional, DNA, Glycoconjugate, Deletion, DC based vaccines. Recent developments in vaccine technology, Vaccine delivery system and approaches to enhance immunogenicity. Immunomodulators and immunotherapy.