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Asking about cells / Allan J. Tobin, Richard E. Morel.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Fort Worth, TX : Saunders College Pub. : Harcourt Brace College Publishers, c1997.Description: xxix, 698, 27, 20 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0030980186
  • 0030454891
  • 9780030980183
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • QU 300 T629a 1997 TOB
Contents:
Contents Part I. Introduction: The Chemistry of Cells 1. The Challenges of Cell Biology 2. The Small Molecules of the Cell 3. Macromolecules 4. The Directions and Rates of Biochemical Processes Part II. The Functional Organization of Cells 5. How Do Biologists Study Cells? And What Have They Learned About Subcellular Organization? 6. Cell Membranes, Skeletons, and Surfaces 7. How Do Cells Make ATP? Cellular Respiration and Glycolysis 8. How Do Cells Get Energy From the Sun? Photosynthesis Part III. The Continuity of Cellular Information 9. Cell Reproduction 10. Chromosomes and the Life Cycle: The Role of Meiosis in Sexual Reproduction 11. Inheritance: Genes and Chromosomes 12. What is a Gene? 13. The Structure, Replication, and Repair of DNA Part IV. Information Flow and its Manipulation 14. How Does DNA Direct the Synthesis of Proteins? 15. How Do Cells Regulate Gene Expression? 16. Unconventional Genes 17. Genetic Manipulation and Recombinant DNA Part V. Cell Specialization, Integration, and Evolution 18. Cells and Movement 19. Chemical Signalling: Pheremones, Hormones, and Receptors 20. Cellular Contributions to Animal Development 21. Growth and Development of Flowering Plants 22. Cells, Cell Products, and the Immune Response 23. Cells of the Nervous System.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I. Introduction: The Chemistry of Cells
1. The Challenges of Cell Biology
2. The Small Molecules of the Cell
3. Macromolecules
4. The Directions and Rates of Biochemical Processes

Part II. The Functional Organization of Cells
5. How Do Biologists Study Cells? And What Have They Learned About Subcellular Organization?
6. Cell Membranes, Skeletons, and Surfaces
7. How Do Cells Make ATP? Cellular Respiration and Glycolysis
8. How Do Cells Get Energy From the Sun? Photosynthesis

Part III. The Continuity of Cellular Information
9. Cell Reproduction
10. Chromosomes and the Life Cycle: The Role of Meiosis in Sexual Reproduction
11. Inheritance: Genes and Chromosomes
12. What is a Gene?
13. The Structure, Replication, and Repair of DNA

Part IV. Information Flow and its Manipulation
14. How Does DNA Direct the Synthesis of Proteins?
15. How Do Cells Regulate Gene Expression?
16. Unconventional Genes
17. Genetic Manipulation and Recombinant DNA

Part V. Cell Specialization, Integration, and Evolution
18. Cells and Movement
19. Chemical Signalling: Pheremones, Hormones, and Receptors
20. Cellular Contributions to Animal Development
21. Growth and Development of Flowering Plants
22. Cells, Cell Products, and the Immune Response
23. Cells of the Nervous System.

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