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.