Clear, readable explanations provide a concise story about how cells function at the molecular level
An intuitive chapter flow starts with genome organization, gene expression, and RNA processing as a foundation for understanding every aspect of cellular function and physiology
Brings cellular biology to life for students interested in medical science by explaining how mutations in genes can compromise virtually every cellular system and predispose to human disease. Knowledge of cell biology has led to new treatments for cancer, heart failure, cystic fibrosis, and many other diseases
Unique illustrations with realistic proportions and relationships explain every cellular process including the assembly of SARS CoV-2, the structures attaching mitotic chromosomes to microtubules, the mechanism of DNA replication and how pumps, carriers and channels orchestrate physiological processes from synaptic transmission to cellular volume regulation
Covers exciting breakthroughs such as SMC motor proteins actively organizing chromosomal DNA, TOR kinases regulating metabolism, new types of immunotherapy for cancer treatment, mechanisms regulating fast axonal transport and their relation to neurodegenerative diseases, how completion of DNA replication sets the time for cells to enter mitosis, how a cascade of signals specifies the site of cell division, and newly understood pathways of normal and pathological cell death
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SECTION I Introduction to Cell Biology 1. Cells as the Basis of Life on Earth 2. Evolution of Life on Earth
SECTION II Chemical and Physical Background 3. Molecules: Structures and Dynamics 4. Biophysical Principles 5. Macromolecular Assembly 6. Research Strategies
SECTION III Chromatin, Chromosomes, and the Cell Nucleus 7. Chromosome Organization 8. DNA Packaging in Chromatin and Chromosomes 9. Nuclear Structure and Dynamics
SECTION IV Central Dogma: From Gene to Protein 10. Gene Expression 11. Eukaryotic RNA Processing 12. Protein Synthesis and Folding
SECTION V Membrane Structure and Function 13. Membrane Structure and Dynamics 14. Membrane Pumps 15. Membrane Carriers 16. Membrane Channels 17. Membrane Physiology
SECTION VI Cellular Organelles and Membrane Trafficking 18. Posttranslational Targeting of Proteins 19. Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, Peroxisomes 20. Endoplasmic Reticulum 21. Mechanisms of Vesicular Transport 22. Secretory Membrane System and Golgi Apparatus 23. Endocytosis and the Endosomal Membrane System 24. Processing and Degradation of Cellular Components
SECTION VII Signaling Mechanisms 25. Plasma Membrane Receptors 26. Protein Hardware for Signaling 27. Second Messengers 28. Integration of Signals
SECTION VIII Cellular Adhesion and the Extracellular Matrix 29. Cells of the Extracellular Matrix and Immune Systems of Animals 30. Extracellular Matrix Molecules 31. Cellular Adhesion 32. Intercellular Junctions 33. Connective Tissues
SECTION IX Cytoskeleton and Cellular Motility 34. Actin and Actin-Binding Proteins 35. Microtubules and Centrosomes 36. Intermediate Filaments 37. Motor Proteins 38. Intracellular Motility 39. Cellular Motility 40. Muscles
SECTION X Cell Cycle 41. Introduction to the Cell Cycle 42. G1 Phase and Regulation of Cell Proliferation, 43. S Phase and DNA Replication 44. G2 Phase: Responses to DNA Damage and Control of Entry Into Mitosis 45. Mitosis 46. Cytokinesis 47. Meiosis 48. Cell Death
Thomas D. Pollard, MD, Sterling Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, William C. Earnshaw, PhD, FRS, Professor and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, ICB, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, PhD, Group Leader, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia, USA and Graham Johnson, MA, PhD, CMI, Director, Animated Cell, Allen Institute for Cell Biology, Seattle, Washington;, QB3 Faculty Fellow, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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