The Cell Cycle

Principles of Control

David O. Morgan - Collection Primers in Biology

300 pages, parution le 31/08/2006

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Balances a rigorous, wide-reaching account of this important field of research with accessibility of presentation, ensuring the student is engaged not intimidated.
Unique modular format breaks the subject down into discrete, manageable chunks, to help motivate - rather than intimidate - the student.
Custom-drawn full colour illustrations enliven the text, helping the student to visualize and comprehend the concepts being introduced.
Online Resource Centre features figures from the book, to facilitate lecture preparation.

Cell division is a central biological process: it yields the cells required for development and growth, and supplies the replacement cells to repair and maintain old or damaged tissue.

But how does this cell division occur? How is it regulated? And what are the consequences when regulation fails?

The Cell Cycle: Principles of Control provides an engaging insight into the process of cell division, bringing to the student a much-needed synthesis of a subject entering a period of unprecedented growth as an understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying cell division are revealed.

The book gives the student a complete overview of the process of cell division - from chromosome division, through mitosis, cytokinesis, and meiosis - before exploring how cell proliferation is controlled, and how the cell cycle responds to DNA damage. Finally, the book examines the intrinsic relationship between the cell cycle and cancer, and how a detailed understanding of the cell cycle may lead to new specific therapies to treat the disease.

The Cell Cycle combines articulate prose with striking full colour illustrations, while the unique Primers in Biology modular structure integrates text, illustrations, definitions, and literature references for each topic into one double-page spread, bringing to the student's fingertips all the tools that they need to master that topic.

An understanding of the cell cycle is a central tool in gaining insights into many biological systems and processes. The Cell Cycle: Principles of Control is the ideal resource for any student wishing to develop a sound grasp of this vitally important subject.

Readership: Upper level undergraduates studying molecular cell biology, developmental biology and cancer biology, and an ideal primer for those postgraduates who need an overview of this subject.

L'auteur - David O. Morgan

David Morgan, Departments of Physiology, and Biochemistry & Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco.

Sommaire

The Cell Cycle
Model Organisms in Cell-Cycle Analysis
The Cell-Cycle Control System
Chromosome Duplication
Early Mitosis: Preparing for Chromosome Segregation
Assembly of the Mitotic Spindle
The Completion of Mitosis
Cytokinesis
Meiosis
Control of Cell Proliferation and Growth
Cell-Cycle Respomses to DNA Damage
The Cell Cycle in Cancer

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	David O. Morgan
Collection	Primers in Biology
Parution	31/08/2006
Nb. de pages	300
Format	21,5 x 28
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1083g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780199206100
ISBN13	978-0-19-920610-0