Table of Contents

An Overview of Cells and Cell Research - The Composition of Cells - Cell Metabolism - Fundamentals of Molecular Biology - The Organization and Sequences of Cellular Genomes - Replication, Maintenance and Rearrangements of Genomic DNA - RNA Synthesis and Processing - Protein Synthesis, Processing, and Regulation - The Nucleus - Protein Sorting and Transport: The Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Apparatus, and Lysosomes - Bioenergetics and Metabolism: Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, and Peroxisomes - The Cytoskeleton - The Plasma Membrane - Cell Walls and the Extracellular Matrix (New Chapter) - Cell Signaling - The Cell Cycle - Programmed Cell Death and the Maintenance of Adult Tissues (New Chapter) - Cancer

About the Author

GEOFFREY M. COOPER is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biology at Boston University, USA. ROBERT E. HAUSMAN is Professor and Graduate Director of the Department of Biology at Boston University, USA.