Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to cell biology -- Methods of studying cells -- Biological membranes - Structure and activities of prokaryotic cells -- Molecular biology of the prokaryotes -- The nucleus -- The cytosol and cytoskeleton -- The endoplasmic reticulum -- Golgi apparatus, the endosomal-lysosomal system, and vacuoles -- Chloroplasts and photosynthesis -- Mitochondria, hydrogenosomes, and mitosomes -- Microbodies -- Eukaryotic cell walls -- Extracellular matrix and connective tissues -- Cell signalling -- Eukaryotic cell cycle, mitosis, and meiosis -- Cell death -- Viruses.

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