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Cell Biology

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Molecular and cell biochemistryPublication details: Cheltenham : Stanley Thornes, 1999.Edition: 2nd EditionDescription: xviii, 540 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780748744510
  • 0748744517
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 574.87 SMI
Contents:
1. Cells: an introduction. 2. Bacteria and biruses. 3. Cell culture and biotechnology. 4. Chromatin and the nucleus. 5. Biological membranes. 6. Mitochondria and chloroplasts. 7. The cytoskeleton. 8. The extracellular matrix. 9. Eukarotic cell walls. 10. Animal hormones and local mediators. 11. Plant hormones. 12. Nerves, neurotransmitters and their receptors. 13. Muscle contraction. 14. Immunoogical defence. 15. Differentiation and development. 16. The cell cycle and cell death.
Summary: Every page of the first edition of Cell Biology has been re-evaluated and updated for this new edition. This book is designed to present a relatively simple, although certainly not simplistic, view of complex systems. A large of number of the diagrams have been re-drawn or extensively modified to embrace changes in knowledge or to attempt to portray the concepts more clearly.
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1. Cells: an introduction. 2. Bacteria and biruses. 3. Cell culture and biotechnology. 4. Chromatin and the nucleus. 5. Biological membranes. 6. Mitochondria and chloroplasts. 7. The cytoskeleton. 8. The extracellular matrix. 9. Eukarotic cell walls. 10. Animal hormones and local mediators. 11. Plant hormones. 12. Nerves, neurotransmitters and their receptors. 13. Muscle contraction. 14. Immunoogical defence. 15. Differentiation and development. 16. The cell cycle and cell death.

Every page of the first edition of Cell Biology has been re-evaluated and updated for this new edition. This book is designed to present a relatively simple, although certainly not simplistic, view of complex systems. A large of number of the diagrams have been re-drawn or extensively modified to embrace changes in knowledge or to attempt to portray the concepts more clearly.

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