The World of the Cell, 6th Edition

The World of the Cell continues the tradition of previous editions widely praised for covering some of the most difficult concepts ¿ bioenergetics, metabolism, enzyme kinetics, thermodynamics, membrane transport, cell signaling, regulatory mechanisms, transcription and translation, signal transduction, and DNA replication and recombination ¿ at the right level. A Preview of the Cell, The Chemistry of the Cell, The Macromolecules of the Cell, Cells and Organelles, The Flow of Energy in the Cell, The Catalysts of the Cell, Their Structure, Function, and Chemistry, Transport Across Overcoming the Permeability Barrier, Chemotrophic Energy Glycolysis and Fermentation, Chemotrophic Energy Aerobic Respiration, Phototrophic Energy Photosynthesis, Intracellular The Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Complex, Endosomes, Lysosomes, and Peroxisomes, Signal Transduction I. Electrical Signals in Nerve Cells, Signal Transduction II. Messengers and Receptors, Cytoskeletal Systems, Cellular Motility and Contractility, Beyond the Extracellular Structures, Cell Adhesion, and Cell Junctions, The Structural Basis of Cellular DNA, Chromosomes, and the Nucleus, The Cell DNA Replication, Mitosis, and Cancer, Sexual Meiosis and Genetic Recombination, Gene I. The Genetic Code and Transcription, Gene II. Protein Synthesis and Sorting, The Regulation of Gene Expression, Cancer For all readers interested in bioenergetics, metabolism, enzyme kinetics, thermodynamics, membrane transport, cell signaling, regulatory mechanisms, transcription and translation, signal transduction, and DNA replication and recombination.