Includes index

• Introduction • Microscopy • Tools and Techniques in Cell Biology • The Origin of Life • Prokaryotic Cell and Eukaryotic Cell • Cytosol; Elements, Biomolecules and Properties • Amino Acids; Peptides and Proteins • Carbohydrates • Lipids • Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids • Tubules and Filaments (Cytoskeleton) • Plasma Membrane • The Cell Wall • Cell Junctions, Cell Adhesion and the Extra-Cellular Matrix (ECM) • Bioenergetics and Enzymes • Mitochondria (Energy Metabolism) • Chloroplasts (Photosynthesis) • Biosynthesis of Lipids and Polysaccharides • Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) • Ribosomes • Golgi Apparatus • Intracellular Protein Sorting or Targeting and Chaperones • Vesicular Traffic in the Secretory and Endocytic Pathway • Lysosomes • Peroxisomes • Cell Signalling (Messages, Receptors and Signal Transduction) • Electrical Signals in Nerve Cells • Centrioles and Basal Bodies • Cellular Movement: Muscle Contractility and Amoeboid Movement • Microtubule-Based Cell Movement: Cilia and Flagella • Nucleus, Nucleopore and Nucleolus • Chromosomes • Chromosomal Variations: 1. Morphological; 2. Numerical • DNA: Molecular Structure • DNA: Replication, Repair and Recombination • Genes • Point Mutation • Genetic Code • Transcription and mRNAs, rRNAs and tRNAs • Protein Synthesis • Regulation of Gene Action • Cell Commitment • Induction • Cell Differentiation • Stem Cell Concept and Cell Replacement Therapy • Cell Growth, Cell Cycle and Mitosis • Meiosis and Reproductive Cycle • Reproduction • Gametogenesis • Fertilization • Parthenogenesis • Aging: The Biology of Senescence • Apoptosis (Programmed Cell Death) • Cell Culture and Cryopreservation • Cell Transformation and Cancer (Biology of Cancer) • Effect of Radiation on the Cell • Viruses • Archaea (Archaebacteria) • Bacteria • Recombinant DNA Technology