About the Book
The book offers a comprehensive and detailed coverage of various themes of the subject, including the fundamental concepts of membrane transport, cells of the immune system, haematopoiesis, genetic mechanism in cells, metabolic pathways, germ cells, cytoskeleton, and cell signalling. The later chapters focus on cell differentiation, stem cell biology, and various analytical techniques employed in cell biology.
Each chapter is reinforced with learning features such as summary of concepts, terms to remember, review questions, and multiple-choice questions that help in effective recapitulation.
Salient Features:
• Includes self-explanatory line diagrams and flow charts for easy understanding of concepts
• Provides explanations to important topics such as cellular metabolic pathways, haematopoiesis, and stem cell biology
• Discusses many advanced topics, which include among others cell nanofactories, artificial cell, liver cancer cell imaging, and brain cell imaging by gold nanoparticles
• Includes appendices on types of cells in the human body, biochemical reference values, Pi values of amino acids, molecular weight of proteins, and specific rotation of carbohydrates