CELL BIOLOGY: A SHORT COURSE

By K. FASAK

CONTENTS IN BRIEF 1 CELLS AND TISSUES 2 FROM WATER TO DNA: THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE 3 MEMBRANES AND ORGANELLES 4 DNA STRUCTURE AND THE GENETIC CODE 5 DNA AS A DATA STORAGE MEDIUM 6 TRANSCRIPTION AND THE CONTROL OF GENE EXPRESSION 7 RECOMBINANT DNA AND GENETIC ENGINEERING 8 MANUFACTURING PROTEIN 9 PROTEIN STRUCTURE 10 INTRACELLULAR PROTEIN TRAFFICKING 11 HOW PROTEINS WORK 12 ENERGY TRADING WITHIN THE CELL 13 METABOLISM 14 IONS AND VOLTAGES 15 THE ACTION POTENTIAL 16 INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING 17 INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION 18 MECHANICAL MOLECULES 19 CELL CYCLE AND CONTROL OF CELL NUMBER 20 CASE STUDY: CYSTIC FIBROSIS