Molecular cell biology

Abstract

1. Life Begins with Cells -- 2. Chemical Foundations -- 3. Protein Structure and Function -- 4. Basic Molecular Genetic Mechanisms -- 5. Molecular Genetic Techniques -- 6. Genes, Genomics, and Chromosomes -- 7. Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression -- 8. Post-transcriptional Gene Control -- 9. Visualizing, Fractionating, and Culturing Cells -- 10. Biomembrane Structure -- 11. Transmembrane Transport of Ions and Small Molecules -- 12. Cellular Energetics -- 13. Moving Proteins into Membranes and Organelles -- 14. Vesicular Traffic, Secretion, and Endocytosis -- 15. Signaling I: Signal Transduction and Short-term Cellular Effects -- 16. Signaling II: Signaling Pathways that Control Gene Expression -- 17. Cell Organization and Movement I: Microfilaments -- 18. Cell Organization and Movement II: Microtubules and Intermediate Filaments -- 19. Integrating Cells into Tissues -- 20. Regulating the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle -- 21. Cell Birth, Lineage, and Death -- 22. Molecular Cell Biology of Development -- 23. Nerve Cells -- 24. Immunology -- 25. Cancer.