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A guided tour of the living cell / Christian de Duve ; illustrated by Neil O. Hardy.

Title: A guided tour of the living cell / Christian de Duve ; illustrated by Neil O. Hardy.
Author: De Duve, Christian.
Publication: New York : Scientific American Library : Distributed by W.H. Freeman Co., c1984.

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2 v. (xii, 423 p.) : ill. (some col.); 23 x 25 cm.

Summary

In this first volume, the reader examines a cell's outer and inner membranes and the cell's own organs.

Alternative Title

Living cell.

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Note

Spine title: The living cell.
"This book is published in collaboration with the Rockefeller University Press."
Includes indexes.

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Contents

Volume 1. 1. Preparing for the tour -- Itinerary I. The outskirts and surface of the cell, the vacuome -- 2. Extracellular structures, with an introduction to polysaccharides and proteins -- 3. The cell surface, with an introduction to membranes and lipids -- 4. Entering the cell: endocytosis and vesicular transport -- 5. The meals of a cell: lysosomes and intracellular digestion -- 6. The cell's export industry: endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, and secretion -- Itinerary II. The cytosol and cytoplasmic organelles -- 7. The cytosol: glycolysis, electron transfer, and anaerobic energy retrieval -- 8. The cytosol: group transfer and biosynthesis -- 9. The mitochondria: respiration and aerobic energy retrieval -- 10. Chloroplasts: autotrophy and photosynthesis -- 11. Peroxisomes and sundry other microbodies -- 12. Cytobones and cytomuscles --
Volume 2. 13. Membranes in action: a view from the cytosol -- 14. The nexus of metabolism: integration and regulation -- 15. Ribosomes: the synthesis of proteins -- Itinerary III. The nucleus -- 16. Transcription and editing of genetic messages -- 17. DNA replication and repair -- 18. Recombination and other genetic rearrangements -- 19. Making two out of one: mitosis and meiosis -- Appendices -- 1. The building blocks of living cells -- 2. Principles of bioenergetics.

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^^^84005534^//r852

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