A text designed for medical students that covers all the necessary information on cell biology needed.
Key Features
Presents the basic concepts of Cell biology in a series of self-contained double page spreads incorporating text and illustrationsMedically relevant points highlighted
Chapter-end questionsincluded for self-testing
Author Information
By Robert I. Norman, BSc, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Medical Biochemistry, Department of Medicine, University of Leicester, UK and David Lodwick, BSc, PhD, Lecturer in Medical Biology, Department of Medicine, University of Leicester, UK
1. Cellular organization: organelle structure and function. 2. Genes and gene expression. 3. Proteins: the molecular basis of cell machinery. 4. Membranes and membrane transport. 5. Organelles: compartmentalization of cellular functions and protein targeting. 6. Cell to cell signalling: chemical signalling and signal transduction across membranes. 7. Signal transduction: electrical signalling. 9. The cytoskeleton and muscle contraction. 10. Adhesion molecules. 11. The extracellular matrix. 12. Cell migration/motility. 13. Cell growth, cell division and the cell cycle. Appendices. 1. Abbreviations. 2. Tools of molecular cell biology: biochemical, cell biological and immunological. 3. Tools of molecular cell biology: genetic methods. 4. Tools of molecular cell biology: electrical recording (electrophysiology). Index.
