The Cell A Molecular Approach (International Edition)

About this book

The Cell: A Molecular Approach is an ideal resource for undergraduate students in a one-semester introduction to cell biology.

Cell biology instructors face the challenge of cultivating both the foundational knowledge and analytical skills that students need for their entry into an increasingly complex field.

The Cell: A Molecular Approach endeavours to address those issues with succinct writ (International Edition)ing, incorporation of current research, a test bank that encourages critical thinking, and an active learning framework. The text presents fundamental concepts and current research, including chapters on Genomics and Transcriptional Regulation and Epigenetics, and new in-text boxed features on Molecular Medicine and Key Experiments.

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Contents

PART I: FUNDAMENTALS AND FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 1. Introduction to Cells and Cell Research
Chapter 2. Physical Principles Underlying Cell Structure and Function
Chapter 3. Fundamentals of Molecular Biology
 
PART II: THE FLOW OF GENETIC INFORMATION
Chapter 4. Genes and Genomes
Chapter 5. Replication, Maintenance, and Rearrangements of Genomic DNA
Chapter 6. RNA Synthesis and Processing
Chapter 7. Transcriptional Regulation and Epigenetics
Chapter 8. Protein Synthesis, Processing, and Regulation
Chapter 9. Genomics, Proteomics, and Systems Biology
 
PART III: SUB-CELLULAR STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS
Chapter 10. The Nucleus
Chapter 11. Protein Sorting and Transport: The Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Apparatus, and Lysosomes
Chapter 12. Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, and Peroxisomes
Chapter 13. The Cytoskeleton and Cell Movement
Chapter 14. The Plasma Membrane
Chapter 15. Cell Walls, the Extracellular Matrix, and Cell Interactions
 
PART IV: Cell Regulation
Chapter 16. Cell Signaling
Chapter 17. The Cell Cycle
Chapter 18. Cell Renewal and Cell Death
Chapter 19. Cancer

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Biography

Geoffrey M. Cooper is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Boston University. Receiving a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Miami in 1973, he pursued postdoctoral work with Howard Temin at the University of Wisconsin, where he developed gene transfer assays to characterize the proviral DNAs of Rous sarcoma virus and related retroviruses. He then joined the faculty of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School in 1975, where he pioneered the discovery of oncogenes in human cancers. Since moving to Boston University in 1998, he has served as Chair of Biology and Associate Dean of the Faculty for Natural Sciences, as well as teaching undergraduate cell biology and continuing his research on the roles of oncogenes in the signaling pathways that regulate cell proliferation and programmed cell death. He has authored over 100 research papers, two textbooks on cancer and an award-winning novel, The Prize, dealing with fraud in medical research.