Cell origin, structure and function : how cells make a living : a visual approach /

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Author / Creator:	Pardee, Joel D.
Imprint:	San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool, c2011.
Description:	1 electronic text (xii, 48 p.) : ill., digital file.
Language:	English
Series:	Colloquium series on the cell biology of medicine, 2153-0521 ; # 4 Colloquium series on the cell biology of medicine, # 4.
Subject:	Cytology. Cell Biology. Cell metabolism. Cell organelles. Cell physiology.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8512942

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ISBN:	9781615042685 (electronic bk.) 9781615042678 (pbk.)
Notes:	Series from website. Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-48). Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.
Summary:	In this lecture, we will briefly review the principles of physics, central metabolism, and cell biology that make health possible. This exercise is appropriate for those of us who have set before ourselves the problem of understanding and preserving life processes, because it is through the medium of a cell that energy creates life. We are aware that life processes require a complex set of biochemical reactions. But that is not enough. Not only are complex reactions necessary, but superimposed on this essential requirement is the necessity to build and maintain a dynamic cellular structure. Chemical energy builds cells. In this lecture, we will see how cells extract energy from the entropic dissolution of the universe, how the extracted energy is used to build cell structure, and how cell structure determines cell function.
Standard no.:	10.4199/C00022ED1V01Y201012CBM005

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