Asking about cells
/ Allan J. Tobin, Richard E. Morel.
- Fort Worth, TX : Saunders College Pub, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1997.
- xxix, 698, 27, 20 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 29 cm.
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.