Cells: Molecules and Mechanisms

by E. V. Wong

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This textbook was written for collegiate Cell and Molecular Biology courses and may be appropriate at both an introductory level and also as a resource for more advanced courses.

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Axolotl Academica Publishing
Subjects
Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology
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CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
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Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. Preface
  7. 1: Anatomy of a Cell - A Very Brief Overview
  8. 2: Basic Cell Chemistry - Chemical Compounds and their Interactions
  9. 2.1: Water
  10. 2.2: Acids and Bases
  11. 2.3: Carbon
  12. 2.4: Sugars
  13. 2.5: Nucleotides
  14. 2.6: Amino Acids
  15. 2.7: Fatty Acids
  16. 3: Bioenergetics - Thermodynamics and Enzymes
  17. 3.1: The Laws of Thermodynamics
  18. 3.2: Enzymes
  19. 3.3: Enzyme Kinetics
  20. 3.4: Regulation of Enzyme Activity
  21. 4: Membranes - Structure, Properties and Function
  22. 4.1: Membrane Structure and Composition
  23. 4.2: Membrane Permeability
  24. 4.3: Membrane Transport Proteins
  25. 4.4: The Action Potential in Neurons
  26. 5: Metabolism I – Catabolic Reactions
  27. 5.1: Glycolysis
  28. 5.2: Fermentation
  29. 5.3: 5.3 The TCA Cycle
  30. 5.4: Oxidative Phosphorylation
  31. 5.5: Uncoupling Electron Transport from ATP Synthesis
  32. 5.6: Structure of Electron Carriers
  33. 5.7: 5.7 Starch and Glycogen Depolymerization
  34. 5.8: 5.8 Fatty Acid Breakdown
  35. 5.9: Amino Acid Degradation
  36. 6: Metabolism II – Anabolic Reactions
  37. 6.1: Photosynthesis
  38. 6.2: The Calvin Cycle
  39. 6.3: The Pentose Phosphate Pathway
  40. 6.4: Gluconeogenesis
  41. 6.5: Glycogen Synthesis
  42. 6.6: Fatty Acid Synthesis
  43. 6.7: Amino Acid Synthesis
  44. 7: DNA
  45. 7.1: DNA Structure
  46. 7.2: Semi-Conservative DNA Replication
  47. 7.3: Prokaryotic Replication
  48. 7.4: Eukaryotic Replication
  49. 7.5: DNA Lesions
  50. 7.6: DNA Repair
  51. 7.7: Telomeres
  52. 8: Transcription
  53. 8.1: Introduction to Transcription
  54. 8.2: Prokaryotic Transcription
  55. 8.3: Eukaryotic Transcription
  56. 8.4: Post-Transcriptional Processing of RNA
  57. 9: Gene Regulation
  58. 9.1: Prokaryotic Transcriptional Regulation
  59. 9.2: Eukaryotic Transcriptional Regulation
  60. 10: Translation
  61. 10.1: Introduction to Ribosomes
  62. 10.2: Prokaryotic Ribosomes
  63. 10.3: Eukaryotic Ribosomes
  64. 10.4: The Genetic Code
  65. 10.5: tRNA are Rather Odd Ducks
  66. 10.6: Prokaryotic Translation
  67. 10.7: Eukaryotic Translation
  68. 10.8: Regulation of Translation
  69. 11: Protein Modification and Trafficking
  70. 11.1: Proteolytic Cleavage
  71. 11.2: Protein Trafficking
  72. 11.3: Protein Folding in the Endoplasmic Reticulum
  73. 11.4: N-linked Protein Glycosylation Begins in the ER
  74. 11.5: O-linked Protein Glycosylation Takes Place Entirely in the Golgi
  75. 11.6: Vesicular Transport
  76. 11.7: Receptor-mediated Endocytosis
  77. 12: Cytoskeleton
  78. 12.1: Introduction to the Cytoskeleton
  79. 12.2: Intermediate Filaments
  80. 12.3: Actin Microfilaments
  81. 12.4: Microtubules
  82. 12.5: Microtubule Organizing Centers
  83. 12.6: Transport on the Cytoskeleton
  84. 12.7: Actin - Myosin Structures in Muscle
  85. 12.8: Cytoskeletal Dynamics
  86. 12.9: Cell Motility
  87. 13: Extracellular Matrix and Cell Adhesion
  88. 13.1: Introduction to Extracellular Matrix and Cell Adhesion
  89. 13.2: Collagen
  90. 13.3: Proteoglycans
  91. 13.4: Fibronectins
  92. 13.5: Laminins
  93. 13.6: Integrins
  94. 13.7: Hemidesmosomes
  95. 13.8: Dystrophin Glycoprotein Complex
  96. 13.9: Desmosomes
  97. 13.10: Cadherins
  98. 13.11: Tight Junctions
  99. 13.12: Ig Superfamily CAMs
  100. 13.13: Selectins
  101. 13.14: Gap Junctions
  102. 14: Signal Transduction
  103. 14.1: Introduction to Signal Transduction
  104. 14.2: Receptors and Ligands
  105. 14.3: 7-TM receptors (G-protein-coupled)
  106. 14.4: Receptor Tyrosine Kinases
  107. 14.5: Calcium Ion Signaling
  108. 15: Cell Cycle
  109. 15.1: The Prokaryotic Cell Cycle
  110. 15.2: The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle
  111. 15.3: Controlling the Cell Cycle
  112. 15.4: Activation and inactivation of the cyclin-cdk complex
  113. 15.5: Pre-mitotic Phases
  114. 15.6: Mitosis
  115. 15.7: Cell Death
  116. 15.8: Meiosis
  117. 16: Viruses, Cancer, and the Immune System
  118. 16.1: Viruses
  119. 16.2: Viral Life Cycles
  120. 16.3: Cancer
  121. 16.4: Oncogenes
  122. 16.5: Tumor Suppressor Genes
  123. 16.6: Human Cancers
  124. 16.7: Metastasis
  125. 16.8: The Immune System
  126. 16.9: DNA Rearrangement
  127. Back Matter
  128. Index
  129. Index
  130. Glossary
  131. Detailed Licensing