Becker's World of the Cell

1. A Preview of the Cell 2. The Chemistry of the Cell 3. The Macromolecules of the Cell 4. Cells and Organelles 5. Bioenergetics: The Flow of Energy in the Cell 6. Enzymes: The Catalysts of Life 7. Membranes: Their Structure, Function, and Chemistry 8. Transport Across Membranes: Overcoming the Permeability Barrier 9. Chemotrophic Energy Metabolism: Glycolysis and Fermentation 10. Chemotrophic Energy Metabolism: Aerobic Respiration 11. Phototrophic Energy Metabolism: Photosynthesis 12. The Endomembrane System and Peroxisomes 13. Signal Transduction Mechanisms: I. Electrical and Synaptic Signaling in Neurons 14. Signal Transduction Mechanisms: II. Messengers and Receptors 15. Cytoskeletal Systems 16. Cellular Movement: Motility and Contractility 17. Beyond the Cell: Cell Adhesion, Cell Junctions, and Extracellular Structures 18. The Structural Basis of Cellular Information: DNA, Chromosomes, and the Nucleus 19. The Cell Cycle, DNA Replication, and Mitosis 20. Sexual Reproduction, Meiosis, and Genetic Recombination 21. Gene Expression: I. The Genetic Code and Transcription 22. Gene Expression: II. Protein Synthesis and Sorting 23. The Regulation of Gene Expression 24. Cancer Cells Appendix-Visualizing Cells and Molecules Glossary Photo, Illustration, and Text Credits Index

Jeff Hardin is Professor and Chair of the Zoology Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests center on how cells migrate and adhere to one another to change the shape of animal embryos. Dr. Hardin's teaching is enhanced by his extensive use of digital microscopy and his Web-based teaching materials, which are used on many campuses in the United States and other countries. As part of his interest in teaching biology, Dr. Hardin was a founding member of the University of Wisconsin Teaching Academy. He is currently faculty director of the Biology Core Curriculum, a four-semester honors biology sequence for undergraduates. His teaching awards include a Lily Teaching Fellowship and a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award. He is also on the editorial board of CBE: Life Sciences Education, and is curator of WormClassroom, a digital initiative that promotes the use of C. elegans in college classrooms and laboratories. Gregory Bertoni has been active in teaching, research, and scientific writing for over 25 years. He earned a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where his teaching experiences included introductory and graduate-level biochemistry, sophomore cell biology, and plant physiology. He also helped to develop a new course entitled "Ways of Knowing" designed to introduce entering freshmen to the learning process itself. His published research includes studies in bacterial pathogenesis, plant-microbe interactions, and plant gene expression. Dr. Bertoni is a science editor for The Plant Cell, a leading research journal in plant cell and molecular biology. His duties include communicating with authors around the world to ensure that published papers are accurate and accessible to both general and expert readers worldwide. He has also been teaching biology and medical microbiology at Columbus State Community College in Columbus, Ohio for most of the past 10 years. In addition, Dr.