Feature Boxes
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Abbreviations
Part 1 Introduction
Whatis a cell? 3
Vishwanath R.Lingappa and BenJamin Lewin
Bioenergetics and cellular metabolism
Raymond Ochs and George P[opper
DNA replication, repair', and recombination
Jocelyn E.Krebs
Gene expression and regulation
David G.Bear
Protein structure and function
Stephen .1.Smerdon
Part 2 Membranes and transport
mechanisms
Transport of ions and small molecules across
membranes
Stephan E.Lehnart and Andrew R.Marks
Membrane targeting of proteins
D.Thomas Rutkowski and Vishwanath R.Lingappa
Protein trafficking between membranes
Vivek Mathotra, Graham Warren, and Ira Me[[man
Part 3 The nucleus
Nuclear structure and transport
Charles N.Cole and Pamela A.Silver
Chromatin and chromosomes
Benjamin Lewin and Jocelyn E.Krebs
Part 4 The cytoskeleton
Microtubu[es
Lynne Cassimeris
Actin
Enrique M.De La Cruz and E.Michael Ostap
Intermediate filaments
Birgit Lane
Part 5 Cell division, apoptosis,
and cancer
Mitosis
Conly L.Rieder
Celt cycle regulation
Kath[een L.Gould and Susan L.Forsburg
Apoptosis
Douglas R.Green
Cancer--Principles and overview
Robert A.Weinberg
Part 6 Cell communication
Principles of cell signaling
Et[iott M.Ross and Me[anie H.Cobb
The extracellular matrix and celt adhesion
George Ptopper
Part 7 Prokaryotic and plant cells
Prokaryotic cell biology
Matthew Chapman and Jeff Errington
Plant cell biology
Clive Lloyd
Glossary
Index