CONTENTS IN BRIEF // Part I Chemical and Molecular Foundations // 1 Molecules, Cells, and Model Organisms 1 // 2 Chemical Foundations 31 // 3 Protein Structure and Function 67 // 4 Culturing and Visualizing Cells 129 // Part II Biomembranes, Genes, and Gene Regulation // 5 Fundamental Molecular Genetic Mechanisms 167 // 6 Molecular Genetic Techniques 223 // 7 Biomembrane Structure 271 // 8 Genes, Genomics, and Chromosomes 301 // 9 Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression 353 // 10 Post-transcriptional Gene Control 417 // Part III Cellular Organization and Function // 11 Transmembrane Transport of Ions and Small Molecules 473 // 12 Cellular Energetics 513 // 13 Moving Proteins into Membranes and Organelles 583 // 14 Vesicular Traffic, Secretion, and Endocytosis 631 // 15 Signal Transduction and G Protein-Coupled Receptors 673 // 16 Signaling Pathways That Control Gene Expression 719 // 17 Cell Organization and Movement I: Microfilaments 775 // 18 Cell Organization and Movement II: Microtubules and Intermediate Filaments 821 // 19 The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle 873 // Part IV Cell Growth and Differentiation // 20 Integrating Cells into Tissues 921 // 21 Stem Cells, Cell Asymmetry, and Cell Death 975 // 22 Cells of the Nervous System 1025 // 23 Immunology 1079 // 24 Cancer 1135