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RECORD NUMBER: 1 OF 1Main Title | A guided tour of the living cell / | ||||||||||||
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Author | De Duve, Christian. ; Hardy, Neil O. | ||||||||||||
Publisher | Scientific American Library : Distributed by W.H. Freeman Co., | ||||||||||||
Year Published | 1984 | ||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 10754162 | ||||||||||||
ISBN | 0716750023; 9780716750024; 0716750066; 9780716750062 | ||||||||||||
Subjects | Cells | ||||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Cells | ||||||||||||
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Collation | 2 volumes (xii, 423 pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. | ||||||||||||
Notes | Spine title: The living cell. "This book is published in collaboration with the Rockefeller University Press." Errata slip inserted, v. 2. Includes indexes. Scientific American Library Series Published Schedule no. 11. |
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Contents Notes | 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. In this first volume, the reader examines a cell's outer and inner membranes and the cell's own organs. |