Resena: The Cell (Biochemistry, Cells, and Life)

CONTENTS
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 The Nature, Function, and Evolution of Cells
EUKARYOTES AND PROKARYOTES
THE ORGANIZATION OF CELLS
THE MOLECULES OF CELLS
THE STRUCTURE OF BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES
COUPLED CHEMICAL REACTIONS
THE GENETIC INFORMATION OF CELLS
DNA: THE GENETIC MATERIAL
RNA: REPLICATED FROM DNA
CELLS AND TISSUES
ANIMAL TISSUES
PLANT TISSUES
THE EVOLUTION OF CELLS
THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENETIC INFORMATION
THE DEVELOPMENT OF METABOLISM
EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF MITOCHONDRIA AND CHLOROPLASTS
CHAPTER 2 Cell Membranes and Cell Walls
THE CELL MEMBRANE
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND MEMBRANE STRUCTURE
TRANSPORT ACROSS THE MEMBRANE
THE CELL WALLS OF PLANTS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WALL LAYERS
COMPONENTS OF THE CELL WALL
CHAPTER 3 Cellular Organelles
INTERNAL MEMBRANES
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANELLE MEMBRANES
THE NUCLEUS
DNA PACKAGING IN THE NUCLEUS
NUCLEOSOMES: THE SUBUNITS OF CHROMATIN
ORGANIZATION OF CHROMATIN FIBRE
THE NUCLEAR ENVELOPE
GENETIC ORGANIZATION OF THE NUCLEUS
MITOCHONDRIA AND CHLOROPLASTS
MITOCHONDRIAL AND CHLOROPLASTIC STRUCTURE
METABOLIC FUNCTIONS
MITOCHONDRIA: ELECTRON TRANSPORT AND CHEMIOSMOTIC THEORY
CHLOROPLASTS: TRAPPING LIGHT AND FIXATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE
OTHER ORGANELLES AND THEIR MEMBRANES
ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
GOLGI APPARATUS
SECRETORY VESICLES
LYSOSOMES
MICROBODIES AND PEROXISOMES
VACUOLES
CHAPTER 4 The Cell Matrix and Mechanisms of Cell Communication
THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX
MATRIX POLYSACCHARIDES
MATRIX PROTEINS
CELL-MATRIX INTERACTIONS
THE CYTOSKELETON
ACTIN FILAMENTS
MICROTUBULES
INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS
INTERCELLULAR RECOGNITION AND CELL ADHESION
TISSUE AND SPECIES RECOGNITION
CELL JUNCTIONS
COMMUNICATION VIA CHEMICAL SIGNALING
TYPES OF CHEMICAL SIGNALING
SIGNAL RECEPTORS
INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PLANT CELLS
CHAPTER 5 Cell Division, Growth, and Differentiation
DUPLICATION OF THE GENETIC MATERIAL
CELL DIVISION
MITOSIS AND CYTOKINESIS
MEIOSIS
THE CELL DIVISION CYCLE
CONTROLLED PROLIFERATION
FAILURE OF PROLIFERATION CONTROL
CELL DIFFERENTIATION
THE DIFFERENTIATED STATE
THE ROLE OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS
THE PROCESS OF DIFFERENTIATION
ERRORS IN DIFFERENTIATION
MECHANISMS OF CELL DEATH
NECROSIS
APOPTOSIS
CHAPTER 6 The Study of Cells
THE HISTORY OF CELL THEORY
EARLY OBSERVATIONS
THE PROBLEM OF THE ORIGIN OF CELLS
THE PROTOPLASM CONCEPT
CONTRIBUTION OF OTHER SCIENCES
CELL AND TISSUE CULTURE
THE PRESERVATION OF CELLS
CELLS IN MEDICINE
TISSUE ENGINEERING
STEM CELLS

CONCLUSION
HISTORY OF CELL THEORY
NATURE AND FUNCTION OF CELLS
SPECIAL FUNCTIONS OF CELLS
STRUCTURE OF CELLS
PLANT CELLS
MEMBRANE CHANNELS
Index

Idioma: INGLES
Categoría: Medicina,

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