Part 1: Introduction  

 

1. What is a cell? 
    by Benjamin Lewin

 

Part 2: Membranes and transport mechanisms

 

2: Transport of ions and small molecules across membranes

    by Stephan E. Lehnart and Andrew R. Marks

 

3: Membrane targeting of proteins

    by D. Thomas Rutkowski and Vishwanath R. Lingappa

 

4: Protein trafficking between membranes

    by Graham Warren and Ira Mellman

 

Part 3: The nucleus

 

5: Nuclear structure and transport

    by Charles N. Cole and Pamela A. Silver

 

6: Chromatin and chromosomes

    by Benjamin Lewin

 

Part 4: The cytoskeleton

 

7:  Microtubules

     by Lynne Cassimeris

 

8: Actin

   by Enrique M. De La Cruz and E. Michael Ostap

 

9: Intermediate filaments

    by E. Birgitte Lane

 

Part 5: Cell division, apoptosis, and cancer

 

10: Mitosis

     by Conly Rieder

 

11: Cell cycle regulation

     by Srinivas Venkatram, Kathleen L. Gould, and Susan L. Forsburg

 

12: Apoptosis

     by Douglas R. Green    

 

Part 6: Cell communication

 

13: Cancer-Principles and overview

      by Robert A. Weinberg

 

14: Principles of cell signaling

      by Melanie H. Cobb and Elliott M. Ross

 

Part 7: Prokaryotic and plant cells   

 

15: The extracellular matrix and cell adhesion

      by George Plopper

 

16: Prokaryotic Cell Biology

     by Jeff Errington, Matthew Chapman, Scott J. Hultgren, and Michael Caparon

 

17: Plant cell biology

      by Clive Lloyd