Cell Biology Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 4th Edition

by Thomas D. Pollard, MD, William C. Earnshaw, PhD, FRS, Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, PhD and Graham Johnson, MA, PhD, CMI

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ISBN: 9780323758048

Publication Date: 02-21-2023

Page Count: 944

Imprint: Elsevier

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Reader-friendly Cell Biology, 4th Edition, provides a concise but comprehensive foundation for students entering research or health care career paths. Award winning illustrations help readers quickly grasp general principles. The authors have thoroughly updated this popular text to provide readers with the current understanding of the principles of normal cellular function along with examples of how molecular defects predispose to human disease. Major new themes in the 4th edition include the roles of intrinsically disordered polypeptides and phase separation in cellular functions, the influence of new molecular structures on understanding mechanisms, and the impact of exciting new methods—from single cell RNA sequencing to second generation super resolution fluorescence microscopy—on advancing our understanding.

Key Features
- 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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Contents

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
Authors

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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