Principles of Cell Biology 3rd Edition PDF

The Fourteen Principles of Cell Biology
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Cover
About the Authors
Chapter 1 Life Is a Team Sport
Chapter 2 DNA Is the Instruction Book for Life
Chapter 3 Proteins Are the Engines of Evolution
Chapter 4 Membranes Are Complex Fluids That
Define Compartments
Chapter 5 The Cytoskeleton Forms the
Architectural Foundation for the
Structural Complexity of Life
Chapter 6 The Rise of Multicellularity
Chapter 7 The Nucleus Is the Brain of a Cell
Chapter 8 RNA Links the Information in DNA to
Actions Performed by Proteins
Chapter 9 The Endomembrane System Serves as
the Cellular Import/Export Machinery for
Most Macromolecules
Chapter 10 Chemical Bonds and Ion Gradients Are
Cellular Fuel
Chapter 11 Signaling Networks Are the Nervous
System of a Cell
Chapter 12 Protein Complexes Are Cellular
Decision-Making Devices
Chapter 13 Progression Through the Cell Cycle Is
the Most Vulnerable Period in a Cell’s
Life
Chapter 14 Human Activity Is Triggering a Paradigm
Shift in Evolution
Glossary
Answers
Index
Principles of Cell Biology 3rd Edition PDF Ebook

George Plopper is a Senior Lead Scientist at the management, information technology, and strategic consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton in the Washington, D.C. area. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from the University of California, San Diego and his Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prior to joining Booz Allen Hamilton, Dr. Plopper was a professor of biological sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. During his 20-year career in academia he received four teaching awards and was named an Education Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences.

Diana Bebek Ivankovic is the Director of the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) and Professor at Anderson University in Anderson, SC. She received an International Baccalaureate degree from the United World College of the Adriatic in Duino, Italy, and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Lander University, Greenwood, SC. She has a master’s degree in zoology and a doctorate degree in microbiology from Clemson University, in Clemson, SC. Dr. Ivankovic has taught biology at Clemson University from 1989 to 2004 before coming to Anderson University. She is a cancer survivor, the founder of the Anderson University CCR and has been teaching biology, microbiology, cell biology and genetics since 2004. Dr. Ivankovic has received several teaching and leadership awards.