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Cell origin, structure and function : how cells make a living : a visual approach / Joel D. Pardee.
Morgan & Claypool Colloquium Collection 1 Available online
Morgan & Claypool Colloquium Collection 1- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pardee, Joel D., author.
- Series:
- Colloquium digital library of life sciences
- Colloquium series on the cell biology of medicine 2153-0521 ; # 4.
- Colloquium series on the cell biology of medicine, 2153-0521 ; # 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cytology.
- Cell Biology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Cell Biology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic text (xii, 48 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan and Claypool, [2011]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- In this lecture, we will briefly review the principles of physics, central metabolism, and cell biology that make health possible. This exercise is appropriate for those of us who have set before ourselves the problem of understanding and preserving life processes, because it is through the medium of a cell that energy creates life. We are aware that life processes require a complex set of biochemical reactions. But that is not enough. Not only are complex reactions necessary, but superimposed on this essential requirement is the necessity to build and maintain a dynamic cellular structure. Chemical energy builds cells. In this lecture, we will see how cells extract energy from the entropic dissolution of the universe, how the extracted energy is used to build cell structure, and how cell structure determines cell function.
- Contents:
- Origin and energy of life
- How cells make a living
- Order from chaos: entropy and the river of time
- Capturing entropy
- Cell architecture
- Fast reactions
- Size matters
- Concentrate
- Protect and serve
- Why cells are compartmentalized, the function of organelles
- Protection from unwanted oxidation
- Order and sequence
- Cell function
- The secretory pathway
- The Golgi apparatus
- Mitochondria
- The cytoskeleton: how organelles are organized
- Vesicle transport
- Mitosis
- Energy and metabolism
- References.
- Notes:
- Part of: Colloquium digital library of life sciences.
- Series from website.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-48).
- ISBN:
- 9781615042685
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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