本书在系统阐述细胞各部分的结构和功能的基础上，重点介绍了物质运输、信息传递、能量转换、周期调控、分化发育、癌变、免疫、衰老与凋亡等细胞的重大生命活动。正文全部用英语编写，语言上做到简练与通俗，科学上做到精确与先进；既介绍细胞生物学的基本概念和基本原理，又反映各领域的发展前沿。为便于读者自学并同时掌握中、英文双语概念，各章尾附有思考题，教材的附录为细胞生物学常用词汇的中文解释。

本双语教材可供综合大学、师范院校、医学院校、农林院校的本科生和研究生使用，也可供教师、科研人员与科教管理人员参考。

本教材由复旦大学生命科学院细胞教学组牵头，组织国内外综合、师范、医学、农林等有关院校的11位多年从事细胞和分子生物学教学及科研的教授和专家，并在美国科学院院士、著名分子细胞生物学家George R.stark教授直接指导下编写完成。在系统阐述细胞各部分的结构和功能的基础上，重点介绍了物质运输、信息传递、能量转换、周期调控、分化发育、癌变、免疫、衰老与凋亡等细胞的重大生命活动。正文全部用英语编写，语言上做到简练与通俗，科学上做到精确与先进；既介绍细胞生物学的基本概念和基本原理，又反映各领域的发展前沿。为便于读者自学并同时掌握中、英文双语概念，各章尾附有思考题，教材的附录为细胞生物学常用词汇的中文解释。

本双语教材可供综合大学、师范院校、医学院校、农林院校的本科生和研究生使用，也可供教师、科研人员与科教管理人员参考。

Chapter 1 Introduction to cell biology

1.1 What is cell biology

1.2 The cell theory

1.3 Cell is the basic unit of life

1.4 Diversity of cells

1.5 The prokaryotic cell

1.6 The eukaryotic cell

1.7 Morden cell biology

1.8 The technology of cell biology

1.9 Training the scientists of tomorrow

Chapter  Chemical components of cells

2.1 Chemical bonds

2.2 Organic molecules

Chapter  Biomembrane and cell surface

3.1 Components and structure of biomembranes

3.2 Plasma membrane

3.3 Transmembrane transport

3.4 Cell junction and adhesion molecules

3.5 Extracellular matrix and cell wall

Chapter  IntraceUular compartments and transport

4.1 Organelles

4.2 Protein sorting inside cell

4.3 Molecular mechanisms of vesicular transport

4.4 Secretory pathways

4.5 Endocytic pathways

Chapter  Mitochondria and chloroplasts

5.1 Mitochondria and oxidative phosphorylation

5.2 Chloroplasts and photosynthesis

5.3 The origins of chloroplasts and mitochondria

Chapter  Cytoskeleton

6.1 Microtubules

6.2 Actin filaments

6.3 Intermediate filaments

Chapter 7 Cell communication and signaling

7.1 Signaling molecules and their receptors

7.2 Nitric oxide crosses the plasma membrane and actives intracellular enzymes directly

7.3 Functions of cell surface receptors

7.4 Signal network system

7.5 Cell signaling and the cytoskeleton

7.6 Cell communication in plants

Chapter 8 Nucleus and chromosomes

8.1 The nucleus of a eukaryotic cell

8.2 The nuclear envelope

8.3 Structure of the nuclear pore complex and its role in nucleocytoplasmic exchange

8.4 Chromosomes and chromatin

8.5 Nucleolus and ribosome biogenesis

8.6 The nuclear matrix

Chapter 9 Cell cycle and cell division

9.1 An overview of the cell cycle

9.2 Regulation of the cell cycle

9.3 Cell division

Chapter 10 Cell differentiation

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Cells with potency of differentiation

10.3 Stem cells

10.4 Epigenetic view of cell differentiation

10.5 The major cell differentiation systems

Chapter 11 Cell senescence and apoptosis

11.1 Senescence

11.2 Apoptosis

11.3 Senescence versus apoptosis

Chapter 12 Cells in immune system

12.1 The immune system

12.2 The organs of the immune system

12.3 Innate and adaptive immune systems

12.4 Innate immune system

12.5 Adaptive immune system

Chapter 13 Cancer cells

13.1 Basic knowledge about cancer cell

13.2 Carcinogenesis

13.3 The genes involved in cancer

13.4 The genetic and epigenetic changes of cancer

13.5 Diagnosis and treatment of cancer

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