Acknowledgments

Preface

A Note to the Reader

I. Introduction to the Cell

1. Cells and Genomes

2. Cell Chemistry and Biosynthesis

3. Proteins

II. Basic Genetic Mechanisms

4. DNA and Chromosomes

5. DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination

6. How Cells Read the Genome: From DNA to Protein

7. Control of Gene Expression

III. Methods

8. Manipulating Proteins, DNA, and RNA

9. Visualizing Cells

IV. Internal Organization of the Cell

10. Membrane Structure

11. Membrane Transport of Small Molecules and the Electrical Properties of Membranes

12. Intracellular Compartments and Protein Sorting

13. Intracellular Vesicular Traffic

14. Energy Conversion: Mitochondria and Chloroplasts

15. Cell Communication

16. The Cytoskeleton

17. The Cell Cycle and Programmed Cell Death

18. The Mechanics of Cell Division

V. Cells in Their Social Context

19. Cell Junctions, Cell Adhesion, and the Extracellular Matrix

20. Germ Cells and Fertilization

21. Development of Multicellular Organisms

22. Histology: The Lives and Deaths of Cells in Tissues

23. Cancer

24. The Adaptive Immune System

25. Pathogens, Infection, and Innate Immunity

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