Essential cell biology /
Cell biology is taught in classrooms around the world to provide students with a firm conceptual grounding in biology. This text provides basic, core knowledge about how cells work and uses color images and diagrams to emphasize concepts and aid understanding.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2019]
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| Edition: | Fifth edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cells: the fundamental units of life
- Chemical components of cells
- Energy, catalysis, and biosynthesis
- Protein structure and function
- DNA and chromosomes
- DNA replication and repair
- From DNA to protein: how cells read the genome
- Control of gene expression
- How genes and genomes evolve
- Analyzing the structure and function of genes
- Membrane structure
- Transport across cell membranes
- How cells obtain energy from food
- Energy generation in mitochondria and chloroplasts
- Intracellular compartments and protein transport
- Cell signaling
- Cytoskeleton
- The cell division cycle
- Sexual reproduction and genetics
- Cell communities: tissues, stem cells, and cancer.