Helps students appreciate the ways in which experiments and calculations can lead to an understanding of how cells work by introducing the experimental foundation of cell and molecular biology. This book contains chapters which review key terms, test for understanding basic concepts, and pose research-based problems.
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1. Cells and Genomes 2. Cell Chemistry and Biosynthesis 3. Proteins 4. DNA, Chromosomes, and Genomes 5. DNA Replication, Repair and Recombination 6. How Cells Read the Genome: From DNA to Protein 7. Control of Gene Expression 8. Manipulating Proteins, DNA and RNA 9. Visualizing Cells - NEW TO THIS EDITION 10. Membrane Structure 11. Membrane Transport of Small Molecules and the Electrical Properties of Membranes 12. Intracellular Compartments and Protein Sorting 13. Intracellular Vesicular Transport 14. Energy Conversion: Mitochondria and Chloroplasts 15. Mechanisms of Cell Communication 16. The Cytoskeleton 17. The Cell Cycle 18. Apoptosis 19. Cell Junctions, Cell Adhesion, and the Extracellular Matrix - NEW TO THIS EDITION 20. Cancer - NEW TO THIS EDITION