Becker's World of the Cell, 10th edition By Jeff Hardin, James P. Lodolce (Test Bank)

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BRIEF TOC A Preview of Cell Biology The Chemistry of the Cell The Macromolecules of the Cell Cells and Organelles Bioenergetics: The Flow of Energy in the Cell Enzymes: The Catalysts of Life Me... mbranes: Their Structure, Function, and Chemistry Transport Across Membranes: Overcoming the Permeability Barrier Chemotrophic Energy Metabolism: Glycolysis and Fermentation Chemotrophic Energy Metabolism: Aerobic Respiration Phototrophic Energy Metabolism: Photosynthesis The Endomembrane System Cytoskeletal Systems Cellular Movement: Motility and Contractility Beyond the Cell: Cell Adhesions, Cell Junctions, and Extracellular Structures The Structural Basis of Cellular Information: DNA, Chromosomes, and the Nucleus? DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination Gene Expression I: The Genetic Code and Transcription Gene Expression II: Protein Synthesis and Sorting The Regulation of Gene Expression Molecular Biology Techniques for Cell Biology Signal Transduction Mechanisms I: Electrical and Synaptic Signaling in Neurons Signal Transduction Mechanisms II: Messengers and Receptors The Cell Cycle and Mitosis Sexual Reproduction, Meiosis, and Genetic Recombination Cancer Cells Appendix: Visualizing Cells and Molecules FEATURE BOXES Key Technique Chapter 1: Using Immunofluorescence to Identify Specific Cell Components Chapter 2: Determining the Chemical Fingerprint of a Cell Using Mass Spectrometry Chapter 3: Using X-ray Crystallography to Determine Protein Structure Chapter 4: Using Centrifugation to Isolate Organelles Chapter 5: Measuring How Molecules Bind One Another Using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry Chapter 6: Determining Km and Vmax Using Enzyme Assays Chapter 7: SDS—Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS—PAGE) of Membrane Proteins Chapter 8: Expression of Heterologous Membrane Proteins in Frog Oocytes Chapter 9: Using Isotopic Labeling to Determine the Fate of Atoms in a Metabolic Pathway Chapter 10: Visualizing Cellular Structures with Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy Chapter 11: Determining Absorption and Action Spectra via Spectrophotometry Chapter 12: Visualizing Vesicles at the Cell Surface Using Total Internal Reflection Microscopy (TIRF) Chapter 13: Studying the Dynamic Cytoskeleton Chapter 14: Watching Motors Too Small to See Chapter 15: Building an ECM from Scratch Chapter 16: FISHing for Specific Sequences Chapter 17: The Polymerase Chain Reaction Chapter 18: Hunting for DNA-Protein Interactions Chapter 19: Protein Localization Using Fluorescent Fusion Proteins Chapter 20: Gene Knockdown via RNAi Chapter 21: DNA Cloning Chapter 22: Patch Clamping Chapter 23: Calcium Indicators and Ionophores Chapter 24: Measuring Cells Millions at a Time (FACS -Analysis) Chapter 25: Using Mendel's Rules to Predict Human Disease Chapter 26: "Rational" Drugs in the Fight Against Cancer Human Connections Chapter 1: The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks (The origin of the first human cultured cell line) Chapter 2: Taking a Deeper Look -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) (How an MRI can image human tissues) Chapter 3: Aggregated Proteins and Alzheimer Disease (Protein misfolding and human disease) Chapter 4: When Cellular "Breakdown" Breaks Down (Diseases caused by lysosome dysfunction) Chapter 5: The "Potential" of Food to Provide Energy (Calorie contents of foods) Chapter 6: ACE Inhibitors: Enzyme Activity as the Difference Between Life and Death (Blood pressure medication based on snake venom) Chapter 8: Membrane Transport, Cystic Fibrosis, and the Prospects for Gene Therapy Chapter 9: What Happens to the Sugar? (Dietary food intake and metabolism) Chapter 10: A Diet Worth Dying For? (The dangers of using uncouplers such as DNP to lose weight) Chapter 11: How Do Plants Put on Sunscreen? (How the plant xanthophyll cycle dissipates excess solar energy) Chapter 12: It's All in the Family (LDL receptors, cholesterol uptake, hypercholesterolemia) Chapter 13: When Actin Kills (Listeria infection and actin polymerization) Chapter 14: Dyneins Help Us Tell Left from Right (Motors and left-right axis specification) Chapter 15: The Costly Effects of Weak Adhesion (Blistering diseases of the skin) Chapter 16: Lamins and Premature Aging (Progeria and the nuclear envelope) Chapter 17: Children of the Moon (Xeroderma pigmentosum and DNA repair) Chapter 19: To Catch a Killer: The Problem of Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Chapter 20: The Epigenome: Methylation and Disease (Rett syndrome and imprinting disorders) Chapter 21: More Than Your Fingertips: Identifying Genetic "Fingerprints" (STRs in genetic identification) Chapter 22: In the Search for the Fountain of Youth, Are People Paying for Poison? (Cosmetic uses of Botulinum toxin) Chapter 23: How to Prevent a Heart Attack (Nitric oxide -signaling and vasoconstriction) Chapter 24: What do Ethnobotany and Cancer Have in Common? (Taxol and cancer treatment) Chapter 25: When Meiosis Goes Awry (Down syndrome and nondisjunction) Chapter 26: Molecular Sleuthing in Cancer Diagnosis (Molecular analysis of breast cancer) [Show More]

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