| Introduction to Cells / Chapter 1： |
| Light and electron microscopy / Panel 1-1： |
| Cells: the principal features of animal, plant, and bacterial cells / Panel 1-2： |
| How We Know: Life's common mechanisms |
| Chemical Components of Cells / Chapter 2： |
| How We Know: What are macromolecules? |
| Chemical bonds and groups / Panel 2-1： |
| The chemical properties of water / Panel 2-2： |
| An outline of some of the types of sugars / Panel 2-3： |
| Fatty acids and other lipids / Panel 2-4： |
| The 20 amino acids found in proteins / Panel 2-5： |
| A survey of the nucleotides / Panel 2-6： |
| The principal types of weak noncovalent bonds / Panel 2-7： |
| Energy, Catalysis, and Biosynthesis / Chapter 3： |
| Free energy and biological reactions / Panel 3-1： |
| How We Know: Using kinetics to model and manipulate metabolic pathways |
| Protein Structure and Function / Chapter 4： |
| A few examples of some general protein functions / Panel 4-1： |
| How We Know: Probing protein structure |
| Four different ways of depicting a small protein / Panel 4-2： |
| Cell breakage and initial fractionation of cell extracts / Panel 4-3： |
| Protein separation by chromatography / Panel 4-4： |
| Protein separation by electrophoresis / Panel 4-5： |
| Making and using antibodies / Panel 4-6： |
| DNA and Chromosomes / Chapter 5： |
| How We Know: Genes are made of DNA |
| DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination / Chapter 6： |
| How We Know: Finding replication origins |
| From DNA to Protein: How Cells Read the Genome / Chapter 7： |
| How We Know: Cracking the genetic code |
| Control of Gene Expression / Chapter 8： |
| How We Know: Gene regulation--the story of eve |
| How Genes and Genomes Evolve / Chapter 9： |
| How We Know: Counting genes |
| Manipulating Genes and Cells / Chapter 10： |
| How We Know: Sequencing the human genome |
| Membrane Structure / Chapter 11： |
| How We Know: Measuring membrane flow |
| Membrane Transport / Chapter 12： |
| How We Know: Squid reveal secrets of membrane excitability |
| How Cells Obtain Energy from Food / Chapter 13： |
| Details of the 10 steps of glycolysis / Panel 13-1： |
| How We Know: Unraveling the citric acid cycle |
| The complete citric acid cycle / Panel 13-2： |
| Energy Generation in Mitochondria and Chloroplasts / Chapter 14： |
| How We Know: How chemiosmotic coupling drives ATP synthesis |
| Redox potentials / Panel 14-1： |
| Intracellular Compartments and Transport / Chapter 15： |
| How We Know: Tracking protein and vesicle transport |
| Cell Communication / Chapter 16： |
| How We Know: Untangling cell signaling pathways |
| Cytoskeleton / Chapter 17： |
| How We Know: Pursuing motor proteins |
| Cell-Cycle Control and Cell Death / Chapter 18： |
| How We Know: Discovery of cyclins and Cdks |
| Cell Division / Chapter 19： |
| The principal stages of M phase in an animal cell / Panel 19-1： |
| How We Know: Building the mitotic spindle |
| Genetics, Meiosis, and the Molecular Basis of Heredity / Chapter 20： |
| How We Know: Reading genetic linkage maps |
| Some essentials of classical genetics / Panel 20-1： |
| Tissues and Cancer / Chapter 21： |
| The cell types and tissues from which higher plants are constructed / Panel 21-1： |
| How We Know: Making sense of the genes that are critical for cancer |
| Answers to Questions |
| Glossary |
| Index |
| DNA Replication, Repair and Recombination / 1： |
| Introduction to Cells / Chapter 1： |
| Light and electron microscopy / Panel 1-1： |
| Cells: the principal features of animal, plant, and bacterial cells / Panel 1-2： |
| How We Know: Life's common mechanisms |
| Chemical Components of Cells / Chapter 2： |
| How We Know: What are macromolecules? |
