The Cell: A Molecular Approach, Seventh Edition
Geoffrey M. Cooper and Robert E. Hausman
Part I. Fundamentals and Foundations
1. An Overview of Cells and Cell Research
The Origin and Evolution of Cells
Cells as Experimental Models
Tools of Cell Biology
Key Experiment: HeLa Cells
Molecular Medicine: Viruses and Cancer
2. Molecules and Membranes
The Molecules of Cells
Enzymes as Biological Catalysts
Cell Membranes
Key Experiment: The Folding of Polypeptide Chains
Key Experiment: The Structure of Cell Membranes
3. Bioenergetics and Metabolism
Metabolic Energy and ATP
Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation
Photosynthesis
The Biosynthesis of Cell Constituents
Key Experiment: The Chemiosmotic Theory
Key Experiment: Antimetabolites and Chemotherapy
4. Fundamentals of Molecular Biology
Heredity, Genes, and DNA
Expression of Genetic Information
Recombinant DNA
Detection of Nucleic Acids and Proteins
Gene Function in Eukaryotes
Key Experiment: The DNA Provirus Hypothesis
Key Experiment: RNA Interference
5. Genomics, Proteomics, and Systems Biology
Genomes and Transcriptomes
Proteomics
Systems Biology
Key Experiment: The Human Genome
Molecular Medicine: Malaria and Synthetic Biology
Part II. The Flow of Genetic Information
6. Genes and Genomes
The Structure of Eukaryotic Genes
Noncoding Sequences
Chromosomes and Chromatin
Key Experiment: The Discovery of Introns
Key Experiment: The ENCODE Project
