Essential cell biology /

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Author / Creator:Alberts, Bruce, author.
Edition:Sixth edition.
Imprint:New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]
©2023
Description:761 pages, various pagings : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13446688
Related Items:Revision of (manifestation): Essential cell biology.
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Other authors / contributors:Heald, Rebecca, 1963- author.
Hopkin, Karen, author.
Johnson, Alexander (Alexander D.), author.
Morgan, David, 1958- author.
Roberts, K. (Keith), author.
Walter, Peter (Professor), author.
ISBN:9781324033356
1324033355
Notes:Includes index.
Summary:"Essential Cell Biology features lively, clear writing paired with exceptional illustrations and Dynamic Figures in the Norton Illumine Ebook, making it the ideal textbook for a first course in cell biology. The Sixth Edition incorporates new research throughout, highlighting emerging research areas like COVID-19. Check Your Understanding questions with rich answer-specific feedback throughout each chapter in the Illumine Ebook allow students to assess their reading comprehension, while Smartwork problems provide the opportunity for concept application and practice." --
Table of Contents:
  • Cells : the fundamental units of life
  • Chemical components of cells
  • Energy, catalysis, and biosynthesis
  • Protein structure and function
  • DNA and chromosomes
  • DNA replication and repair
  • From DNA to protein : how cells read the genome
  • Control of gene expression
  • How genes and genomes evolve
  • Analyzing the structure and function of genes-- Membrane structure
  • Transport across cell membranes
  • How cells obtain energy from food
  • Energy generation in mitochondria and chloroplasts
  • Intracellular compartments and protein transport
  • Cell signaling
  • Cytoskeleton
  • The cell cycle
  • Sexual reproduction and genetics
  • Cell communities : tissues, stem cells, and cancer.