Research Catalog

Title

Molecular biology of the cell : the problems book / John Wilson, Tim Hunt.

Author

Wilson, John H., 1944-

Publication

New York : Garland Publishing, c1994.

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Additional Authors

• Alberts, Bruce.
• Hunt, Tim, 1943-

Description

xvii, 472 p. : ill; 28 cm.

Subject

• Biologie moléculaire
• Cells
• Cellules
• Cytologie
• Cytology > Problems, exercises, etc
• Molecular Biology
• Molecular biology > Problems, exercises, etc

Genre/Form

• Problems and Exercises
• Problems and exercises
• Problems and exercises.

Note

• "...the new edition [of the problems book] ... has ... been completely reorganized to correspond to the structure of the third edition of Molecular biology of the cell ..."--Pref.
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-459) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Basic genetic mechanisms -- RNA and protein synthesis -- DNA repair -- DNA replication -- Genetic recombination -- Viruses, plasmids, and transposable genetic elements -- Recombinant DNA technology -- The fragmentation, separation, and sequencing of DNA molecules -- Nucleic acid hybridization -- DNA cloning -- DNA engineering -- The cell nucleus -- Chromosomal DNA and its packaging -- The global structure of chromosomes -- Chromosome replication -- RNA synthesis and RNA processing -- The organization and evolution of the nuclear genome -- Control of gene expression -- An overview of gene control -- DNA-binding motifs in gene -- Regulatory proteins -- How genetic switches work -- Chromatin structure and the control of gene expression -- The molecular genetic mechanisms that create specialized cell types -- Posttranscriptional controls -- Membrane structure -- The lipid bilayer.
• Membrane proteins -- Membrane transport of small molecules and the ionic basis of membrane excitability -- Principles of membrane transport -- Carrier proteins and active membrane transport -- Ion channels and electrical properties of membranes -- Intracellular compartments and protein sorting -- The compartmentalization of higher cells -- The transport of molecules into and out of the nucleus -- The transport of proteins into mitochondria and chloroplasts -- Peroxisomes -- The endoplasmic reticulum -- Vesicular traffic in the secretory and endocytic pathways -- Transport from the ER through the GOGLI apparatus -- Transport from the trans GOLGI network to lysosomes -- Transport from the plasma membrane via endosomes: endocytosis.
• Transport from the trans GOLGI network to the cell surface: exocytosis -- The molecular mechanisms of vesicular transport and the maintenance of compartmental diversity -- Energy conversion: mitochondria and chloroplasts -- The mitochondrion -- The respiratory chain and ATP synthase -- Chloroplasts and photosynthesis -- The evolution of electron-transport chains -- The genomes of mitochondria and chloroplasts -- Cell signaling -- General principles of cell signaling -- Signaling via g-protein-linked cell-surface receptors -- Signaling via enzyme-linked cell-surface receptors -- Target-cell adaptation.
• The cytoskeleton -- The nature of the cytoskeleton -- Intermediate filaments -- Microtubules -- Cilia and centrioles -- Actin filaments -- Actin-binding proteins -- Muscle -- The cell-division cycle -- The general strategy of the cell cycle -- The early embryonic cell cycle and the role of MPF -- Yeasts and the molecular genetics of cell-cycle control -- Cell-division controls in multicellular animals -- The mechanics of cell division -- An overview of m phase -- Mitosis -- Cytokinesis -- Cell junctions, cell adhesion, and the extracellular matrix -- Cell junctions -- Cell-cell adhesion -- The extracellular matrix of animals -- Extracellular matrix receptors on animal cells: the integrins the plant cell wall.

ISBN

0815316216 (pbk.)

OCLC

30983317

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library