Biology
Cell Biology
Publisher: Saunders, 2007, 928pp, 2nd ed.
This introductory Cell Biology textbook contains everything you want to know and more about cells. Each section covers a topic by beginning with the basic molecules and background principles and then continuing up to how these give full physiological function. It is well designed because it contains lots of detail on each subject without drowning out key information for understanding.
Table of contents
| 1 | General principles of cellular organization | 1 |
| 2 | Molecular structures | 19 |
| 3 | Basic biophysical concepts | 43 |
| 4 | Macromolecular assembly | 51 |
| 5 | Research strategies | 67 |
| 6 | Membrane structure and dynamics | 91 |
| 7 | Membrane pumps | 105 |
| 8 | Membrane carriers | 117 |
| 9 | Membrane channels | 125 |
| 10 | Membrane physiology | 149 |
| 11 | Introduction to nuclear and chromosomal structure and function | 177 |
| 12 | Chromosome organization | 181 |
| 13 | DNA packaging in chromatin and chromosomes | 197 |
| 14 | Gene expression | 215 |
| 15 | Processing of eukaryotic RNAs | 239 |
| 16 | Nuclear structure and dynamics | 259 |
| 17 | Introduction to membrane compartments | 277 |
| 18 | Protein synthesis and folding in the cytoplasm | 283 |
| 19 | Post-translational targeting of proteins to organelles | 297 |
| 20 | Biosynthetic processes in the endoplasmic reticulum and golgi apparatus | 311 |
| 21 | Vesicular traffic from the endoplasmic reticulum through the golgi apparatus | 327 |
| 22 | Trans-golgi network and beyond | 341 |
| 23 | Endocytosis | 355 |
| 24 | Degradation of cellular components | 369 |
| 25 | Introduction to signaling pathways | 383 |
| 26 | Plasma membrane receptors | 387 |
| 27 | Protein hardware for signaling | 401 |
| 28 | Second messengers | 423 |
| 29 | Integration of signals | 445 |
| 30 | Cells of the extracellular matrix | 473 |
| 31 | Extracellular matrix molecules | 485 |
| 32 | Cellular adhesion | 507 |
| 33 | Intercellular junctions | 525 |
| 34 | Specialized connective tissues | 535 |
| 35 | Overview of the cytoskeleton and cellular motility | 553 |
| 36 | Actin and actin-binding proteins | 557 |
| 37 | Microtubules and microtubule-associated proteins | 579 |
| 38 | Intermediate filaments | 595 |
| 39 | Motor proteins | 605 |
| 40 | Intracellular motility | 619 |
| 41 | Cellular motility | 633 |
| 42 | Muscles | 651 |
| 43 | Introduction to the cell cycle | 673 |
| 44 | The G. phase and the regulation of cell proliferation | 687 |
| 45 | The S phase and DNA replication | 697 |
| 46 | The G. phase and control of entry into mitosis | 713 |
| 47 | Mitosis | 725 |
| 48 | Meiosis | 749 |
| 49 | Programmed cell death | 767 |
| App | The centrosome | 783 |