Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and ExperimentsKarp continues to help biologists make important connections between key concepts and experimentation. The sixth edition explores core concepts in considerable depth and presents experimental detail when it helps to explain and reinforce the concepts. The majority of discussions have been modified to reflect the latest changes in the field. The book also builds on its strong illustration program by opening each chapter with “VIP” art that serves as a visual summary for the chapter. Over 60 new micrographs and computer-derived images have been added to enhance the material. Biologists benefit from these changes as they build their skills in making the connection. |
Contents
Introduction to the Study of Cell and Molecular Biology | 1 |
TWO FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT CLASSES OF CELLS | 7 |
From Transcription | 11 |
Cell Specialization | 15 |
4 | 18 |
VIRUSES | 21 |
The Chemical Basis of Life | 31 |
4 | 39 |
The Nature of the Gene and the Genome | 379 |
3 | 381 |
3 | 386 |
1 | 389 |
4 | 393 |
From Transcription to Translation | 419 |
3 | 428 |
4 | 434 |
3 | 66 |
to Translation | 68 |
Bioenergetics Enzymes and Metabolism | 85 |
The Structure and Function of the Plasma Membrane | 117 |
6 | 136 |
7 | 143 |
Facilitated Diffusion | 151 |
MEMBRANE POTENTIALS AND NERVE IMPULSES | 159 |
Aerobic Respiration and the Mitochondrion | 173 |
Photosynthesis and the Chloroplast | 206 |
Aerobic Respiration | 210 |
Interactions Between Cells and Their Environment | 230 |
THE ROLE OF MITOCHONDRIA IN THE FORMATION OF ATP 182 | 242 |
The Immunoglobulin Superfamily | 249 |
MEDIATING | 256 |
Structure Function and Membrane Trafficking | 264 |
4 | 284 |
Targeting Vesicles to a Particular Compartment | 294 |
7 | 301 |
Phagocytosis | 308 |
The Cytoskeleton and Cell Motility | 318 |
Cytoskeleton | 328 |
6 | 455 |
8 | 461 |
Polyribosomes | 467 |
419 | 471 |
The Cell Nucleus and the Control of Gene Expression | 475 |
Chromosomal Aberrations | 491 |
5 | 522 |
DNA Replication and Repair | 533 |
Cellular Reproduction | 560 |
Communication Between Cells | 605 |
FOR SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION | 623 |
Cancer | 650 |
The Immune Response | 682 |
Diseases | 707 |
Techniques in Cell and Molecular Biology | 715 |
Video Microscopy and Image Processing 72 | 721 |
SCANNING ELECTRON AND ATOMIC FORCE MICROS | 729 |
7 | 734 |
Glossary | G-8 |
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