Cell Biology

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This is a copy of the cell biology textbook started by Mark Dalton on the University of Minnesota website. Reference it there and help start porting it over here. The Course is licensed under the GNU FDL license.

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[edit] Contents

• Definition
  1. Definition of this textbook
• Introduction
  1. What is interesting about cellular biology?
  2. What is living?
  3. What is a cell?
  4. Size of cells
  5. Chemical elements necessary for life
• Types of cells
  1. Prokaryotes
     1. Bacteria
  2. Eukaryotes
     1. Unique Properties of Plant Cells
• Parts of the cell
  1. Membranes
  2. Organelles
  3. Genetic material
  4. Energy supply
• Cell division
  1. Cell cycle
  2. Meiosis
  3. Mitosis
• Genes
  1. Expression
  2. Translation

[edit] Resources

Wikiversity has course materials for this subject: Cell Biology

• Cell biology article at wikipedia
• Cell biology category at wikipedia
• Cooper textbook The Cell (online)
• Lodish textbook Molecular Cell Biology (online)
• Alberts textbook Molecular Biology of the Cell (online)
• CellsAlive animations
• The History of Cell Biology
• Inside the cell - National Institute of General Medical Sciences
• UCMP glossary
• Landmark Papers in Cell Biology Gall JG, McIntosh JR, eds. (online in The American Society for Cell Biology's Image & Video Library)

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• Cell Biology/Authors

Cell Biology | Introduction | Types of cells | Parts of the cell | Cell division | Gene expression and translation