Essential cell biology

868 Pages·2010·46.903 MB·English

by  Bruce Alberts, et al

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Alberts Bray Hopkin Johnson Lewis Raff Roberts Walter
ISBN 978-0-8153-4130-7
9 780815 341307
ECB3 interactive DVD-ROM inside
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ESSENTIAL
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CELL BIOLOGY
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ESSENTIAL
third edition
CELL BIOLOGY
Alberts Bray Hopkin Johnson Lewis Raff Roberts walter
Garland Science Essential Cell Biology Interactive
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Bruce Alberts received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and Julian Lewis received his D.Phil. from the University of
is Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University Oxford and is a Principal Scientist at the London Research
of California, San Francisco. He is the editor-in-chief of Science Institute of Cancer Research UK.
magazine. For 12 years he served as President of the Martin Raff received his M.D. from McGill University and is
U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1993-2005). at the Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular
Dennis Bray received his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute Cell Biology and Cell Biology Unit and in the Biology
of Technology and is currently an active emeritus professor at Department at University College London.
University of Cambridge. In 2006 he was awarded the Microsoft Keith Roberts received his Ph.D. from the University of
European Science Award. Cambridge and is Emeritus Fellow at the John Innes Centre,
Karen Hopkin received her Ph.D. in biochemistry from the Norwich.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine and is a science writer in Peter Walter received his Ph.D. from The Rockefeller
Somerville, Massachusetts. University in New York and is Professor and Chairman
Alexander Johnson received his Ph.D. from Harvard University of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the
and is Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Director University of California, San Francisco, and an Investigator
of the Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Developmental of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Biology Graduate Program at the University of California,
San Francisco.
© 2010 by Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Karen Hopkin,
Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts,
and Peter Walter
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Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts,
and Peter Walter
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Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, and Peter Walter
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Preface
In our world there is no form of matter more astonishing than the living
cell: tiny, fragile, marvelously intricate, continually made afresh, yet pre-
serving in its DNA a record of information dating back more than three
billion years, to a time when our planet had barely cooled from the hot
materials of the nascent solar system. Ceaselessly re-engineered and
diversified by evolution, extraordinarily versatile and adaptable, the cell
still retains a core of complex self-replicating chemical machinery that is
shared and endlessly repeated by every living organism on the face of the
Earth, in every animal, every leaf, every bacterium in a piece of cheese,
every yeast in a vat of wine.
Curiosity, if nothing else, should drive us to study cell biology; but there
are practical reasons, too, why cell biology should be a part of everyone’s
education. We are made of cells, we feed on cells, and our world is made
habitable by cells. We need to understand cell biology to understand our-
selves; to look after our health; to take care of our food supplies; and
to protect our endangered ecosystems. The challenge for scientists is to
deepen knowledge and find new ways to apply it. But all of us, as citizens,
need to know something of the subject to grapple with the modern world,
from our own health affairs to the great public issues of environmental
change, biomedical technologies, agriculture, and epidemic disease.
Cell biology is a big subject, and it has links with almost every other branch
of science. The study of cell biology therefore provides a great scientific
education. However, it is easy to become lost in the detail and distracted
by an overload of information and technical terminology. In this book we
therefore focus on providing a digestible, straightforward, and engaging
account of only the essential principles. We seek to explain, in a way that
can be understood even by a reader approaching modern biology for the
first time, how the living cell works: to show how the molecules of the
cell—especially the protein, DNA, and RNA molecules—cooperate to cre-
ate this remarkable system that feeds, responds to stimuli, moves, grows,
divides, and duplicates itself.
The need for a clear account of the essentials of cell biology became
apparent to us while we were writing Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC),
now in its fifth edition. MBoC is a large book aimed at advanced under-
graduates and graduate students specializing in the life sciences or
medicine. Many students and educated lay people who require an intro-
ductory account of cell biology would find MBoC too detailed for their
needs. Essential Cell Biology (ECB), in contrast, is designed to provide the
fundamentals of cell biology that are required by anyone to understand
both the biomedical and the broader biological issues that affect our
lives.
In this third edition, we have brought every part of the book up to date,
with new material on chromosome structure and epigenetics, microRNAs
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and RNAi, protein quality control, cell-cell recognition, genetic varia-
tion, stem cells and their medical potential, rational cancer treatments,
genome evolution, and many other topics. We have improved our discus-
sion of energetics and thermodynamics, integrated the cell cycle and cell
division into a single chapter, and updated the “How We Know” sections,
describing experiments that illustrate how biologists tackle important
questions and how their experimental results shape future ideas.
As before, the diagrams in ECB emphasize central concepts and are
stripped of unnecessary details. The key terms introduced in each chap-
ter are highlighted when they first appear and are collected together at
the end of the book in a large, illustrated glossary. We have not listed
references for further reading: those wishing to explore a subject in
greater depth are encouraged to consult the reading lists in MBoC5 or
look for recent reviews in the current literature through one of the pow-
erful search engines, such as Pubmed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) or
Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com).
A central feature of the book is the many questions that are presented in
the text margins and at the end of each chapter. These are designed to
provoke students to think about what they have read and to encourage
them to pause and test their understanding. Many questions challenge
the student to place the newly acquired information in a broader biologi-
cal context, and some have more than one valid answer. Others invite
speculation. Answers to all the questions are given at the end of the book;
in many cases these provide a commentary or an alternative perspective
on material presented in the main text.
For those who want to develop their active grasp of cell biology further
and to get a deeper understanding of how cell biologists extract con-
clusions from experiments, we recommend Molecular Biology of the Cell,
Fifth Edition: A Problems Approach, by John Wilson and Tim Hunt. Though
written as a companion to MBoC, this contains questions at all levels of
difficulty and is a goldmine of thought-provoking problems for teachers
and students. We have drawn upon it for some of the questions in ECB,
and we are very grateful to its authors.
The explosion of new imaging and computer technologies continues to
give fresh and spectacular views of the inner workings of living cells.
We have tried to capture some of the excitement of these advances in a
revised and enlarged version of the Essential Cell Biology Interactive media
player on the DVD-ROM included with each copy of the book. It contains
over 130 video clips, animations, molecular structures, and high-resolu-
tion micrographs—all designed to complement the material in individual
book chapters. One cannot watch cells crawling, dividing, segregating
their chromosomes, or rearranging their surface without a sense of won-
der at the molecular mechanisms that underlie these processes. For a
vivid sense of the marvel that science reveals beneath the surface of eve-
ryday things, it is hard to match the movie of DNA replication included
on the DVD. We hope that ECB Interactive will motivate and intrigue stu-
dents while reinforcing basic concepts covered in the text, and thereby
will make the learning of cell biology both easier and more rewarding.
As with MBoC, each chapter of ECB is the product of communal effort, with
individual drafts circulating from one author to another. In addition, many
people have helped us, and these are credited in the Acknowledgments
that follow. Despite our best efforts, it is inevitable that there will be
errors in the book. We encourage readers who find them to let us know
at [email protected], so that we can correct these errors in the next
printing.
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Acknowledgments
The authors acknowledge the many contributions of Siegfried, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Roger
professors and students from around the world in the D. Sloboda, Dartmouth College; Julio Soto, San Jose
creation of this Third Edition. In particular, we are State University; Juliet Spencer, University of San
grateful to the students who participated in the focus Francisco; Paul H. Tomasek, California State University
groups; they provided invaluable feedback about their Northridge; Gary Wessel, Brown University; Esther
experiences using the book and multimedia, and many F. Wheeler, Texas Tech University; Keren Witkin,
of their suggestions were implemented in this edition. University of Massachusetts, Boston.
We would also like to thank the professors who helped Special thanks go to David Morgan for his help in
organize the focus groups at their schools: Chris formulating and reviewing the reorganized chapter on
Brandl at University of Western Ontario, David L. Gard cell division.
at University of Utah, Juliet Spencer at University of
We are very grateful, too, to the readers who alerted us
San Francisco, and Keren Witkin and Linda Huang
to errors they had found in the previous edition.
at University of Massachusetts, Boston. We greatly
appreciate their hospitality. Many Garland staff contributed to the creation of this
book and made our work on it a pleasure. First of all,
We also received detailed reviews from instructors
we owe a special debt to Michael Morales, our editor,
using the second edition, and we would like to thank
who coordinated the whole enterprise. He organized
them for their work: Margarida D. Amaral, University
the initial reviewing and the focus groups, worked
of Lisbon; Lynne Arneson, American University; Karl
closely with the authors on their chapters, urged us
Aufderheide, Texas A&M University; David K. Banfield,
on when we fell behind, and played a major part in
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology;
the design, assembly, and production of Essential Cell
Stephen F. Baron, Bridgewater College; Deborah
Biology Interactive. Sigrid Masson managed the flow
Bielser, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
of chapters through the production process, proof-
Barbara D. Boyan, Georgia Institute of Technology;
read the entire book, and oversaw the writing of the
Chris Brandl, University of Western Ontario; Keith
accompanying question bank. Kate Ghezzi and
Brown, University of Bristol; Jane Bruner, California
Monica Toledo gave editorial assistance. Nigel Orme
State University Stanislaus; Patrick Bryan, Middlesex
took original drawings created by author Keith Roberts
Community College; Sharon K. Bullock, Virginia
and redrew them on a computer, or occasionally by
Commonwealth University; Mike Clemens, St. George’s
hand, with skill and flair. To Matt McClements goes
Hospital Medical School, University of London; Anne
the credit for the graphic design of the book and of
Cordon, University of Toronto at Mississauga; Andrew
the DVD. Emma Jeffcock did a brilliant job in laying
Dalby, University of Exeter; Dan Eshel, Brooklyn
out the whole book and meticulously incorporating
College; Nicolas Forraz, Kingston University; David
our endless corrections. Eleanor Lawrence and
L. Gard, University of Utah; Mark Grimes, University
Sherry Granum did the developmental editing of
of Montana; Hollie Hale-Donze, Louisiana State
individual chapters, repairing many rough edges, and
University; Lynn Hannum, Colby College; Na’il M.
Eleanor not only read the book from beginning to
Hasan, Birzeit University; Jeannette M. Loutsch,
end for clarity and consistency, but also revised and
Arkansas State University; Charles Mallery, University
extended the Glossary. Adam Sendroff and Lucy Brodie
of Miami; Kathy Martin-Troy, Central Connecticut State
gathered user feedback and launched the book into
University; Gordon T.A. McEwan, Institute of Medical
the wide world. Denise Schanck, the Vice President
Sciences, University of Aberdeen; Colin McGuckin,
of Garland Science, orchestrated all of this with great
Kingston University; Gerard McNeil, York College,
taste and diplomacy. We give our thanks to everyone
The City University of New York; Roger W. Melvold,
in this long list.
University of North Dakota, School of Medicine
& Health Sciences; Cristina Murga, Universidad Last but not least, we are grateful, yet again, to our
Autónoma de Madrid; T. Page Owen, Jr., Connecticut families, our colleagues, and our childminders for their
College; Martin Rumsby, University of York; Esther support and tolerance.
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Instructor and Student Resources
Art of Essential Cell Biology, Third Edition Figure-Integrated Lecture Outlines
The images from the book are available in two convenient The section headings, concept headings, and figures from
formats: Powerpoint® and JPEG. They are located in fold- the text have been integrated into PowerPoint presenta-
ers on the Media DVD-ROM that accompanies the book tions. These will be useful for instructors who would like
or can be downloaded on the Web from Classwire™. On a head start creating lectures for their course. Like all of
Classwire the individual JPEGs are searchable by figure our PowerPoint presentations, the lecture outlines can be
number, figure name, or by keywords used in the figure customized. For example, the content of these presenta-
legend from the book. tions can be combined with videos from the DVD-ROM and
questions from the book or “Question Bank,” in order to
create unique lectures that facilitate interactive learning in
Media DVD-ROM
the classroom. This resource is available on Classwire.
Every copy of the book includes a DVD-ROM with the
Question Bank
following student and instructor resources:
Written by Linda Huang, University of Massachusetts,
Essential Cell Biology Interactive
Boston, and Cheryl D. Vaughan, Harvard University Division
This multimedia player contains over 130 movies (anima-
of Continuing Education, the revised and expanded question
tions, videos, and molecular tutorials), a self-test quiz for
bank includes a variety of question formats: multiple-
every chapter, and a cell explorer program that facilitates
choice, fill-in-the-blank, true-false, matching, essay, and
investigation of high-resolution micrographs. The mov-
challenging “thought” questions. There are approximately
ies are referenced directly in the textbook through movie
50-60 questions per chapter, and a large number of the
“call outs” highlighted in red, for example (Movie 1.1). If
multiple-choice questions will be suitable for use with per-
you enter the movie number from the book into the movie-
sonal response systems (i.e., clickers). The Question Bank
locator window in the media player, the relevant movie will
was created with the philosophy that a good exam should
automatically appear. This feature, which was requested
do much more than simply test students’ ability to memo-
by students, should make it easier to integrate movies into
rize information; it should require them to reflect upon and
an active learning process.
integrate information as a part of a sound understanding. It
provides a comprehensive sampling of questions that can
Student Self-Quizzes
be used either directly or as inspiration for instructors to
The quizzing feature, which is new to this edition, allows
write their own test questions. Instructors can obtain the
students to test themselves in basic reading comprehen-
Question Bank by emailing: [email protected].
sion of each chapter. It is accessed through the Essential
Cell Biology Interactive media player. Exploring the Living Cell DVD-Video
Created by Christian Sardet, Centre National de la Recherche
The Art of Essential Cell Biology, Third Edition
Scientifique (CNRS), and directed by Véronique Kleiner, this
This folder archive contains the figures from the book in
unique DVD takes us on a journey through the basic unit
JPEG and PowerPoint format as described above.
of life: the cell. Using the earliest drawings and exciting
imagery taken with today’s microscopes, renowned biolo-
Movie Vault
gists and young scientists explain their research and share
This archive contains all of the movies from the Essential
their discoveries. Learn how cells were discovered, how
Cell Biology Interactive media player in three handy formats:
they function, how they relate to health and disease, and
WMV, QuickTime®, and iPod®. The WMV versions are suit-
what the future holds.
able for importing movies into PowerPoint for Windows®.
The QuickTime versions are suitable for importing the
Classwire™
movies into PowerPoint for the Macintosh®. And the iPod
versions have been formatted specifically for iPod and The Classwire course management system, available at
iTunes® use. www.classwire.com/garlandscience, allows instructors to
build Websites for their courses easily. It also serves as an
Media Guide online archive for instructor’s resources. After registering for
This PDF overviews the contents of the DVD and contains Classwire, you will be able to download all the figures from
the text of the voice-over narration for all of the movies. the book, as well as the movies from the DVD. Additional
instructor’s resources for Garland Science textbooks are
also available on Classwire. Please contact science@
garland.com for information on accessing the Classwire
system. (Classwire™ is a trademark of Chalkfree, Inc.)