Infrastructure and Activities of Cells

Biotechnology by Open Learning

M.C.E. van Dam-Mieras, B C Currell, R C E Dam-Mieras

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9780750615006
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483292779
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Biology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Cells may be seen as superb 'factories' in so far as they take in one set of chemicals (nutrients) and convert them into new products. Each cell taking in its own set of chemicals and making its own collection of products. Describing the structuralorganisation of cells in both unicellular and multicellular organisms this text considers the organisation and management which lead to these 'factories' operating in a coordinated and functional manner. Reproduction, the one feature special to cellactivities is addressed in detail.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Infrastructure and Activities of Cells
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• The Biotol Project
• Contributors
• How to use an open learning text
• Preface
• Chapter 1. The architecture of prokaryotic cells
• Chapter 2. The organisation of eukaryotic cells
• Chapter 3. The structure and function of membranes
• Chapter 4. The maintenance of cell shape: the cytoskeleton and the plant cell wall
• Chapter 5. Chloroplasts and Mitochondria
• Chapter 6. The expression of genetic information: I - the nucleus
• Chapter 7. The expression of genetic information: II - Protein synthesis and the genetic code
• Chapter 8. Cell growth and division
• Chapter 9. From single cells to multicellular organisms
• Concluding Remarks
• Responses to SAQs
• Appendix 1: Units of measurement
• Appendix 2: Chemical Nomenclature
• Appendix 3: Abbreviations used for the common amino acids
• Index