Ebook: Essential cell biology

Cell biology is taught in classrooms around the world to provide students with a firm conceptual grounding in biology. This text provides basic, core knowledge about how cells work and uses colour images and diagrams to emphasize concepts and aid understanding.
Chemical components of cells --
Energy, catalysis, and biosynthesis --
Protein structure and function --
DNA and chromosomes --
DNA replication, repair, and recombination --
From DNA to protein: how cells read the genome --
Control of gene expression --
How genes and genomes evolve --
Analizing genes and cells --
Membrane structure --
Membrane transport --
How cells obtain energy from food --
Energy generation in mitochondria and chloroplasts --
Intracellular compartments and transport --
Cell communication --
Cytoskeleton --
The cell division cycle --
Sex and genetics --
Cellular communities : tissues, stem cells, and cancer.