Contents: The Student companion: Chemical foundations -- Protein structure and function -- Basic molecular genetic mechanisms -- Biomembranes and cell architecture -- Integrating cells into tissues -- Transport of ions and small molecules across cell membranes -- Cellular energetics -- Molecular genetic techniques and genomics -- Molecular structure of genes and chromosomes -- Transcriptional control of gene expression -- Post-transcriptional gene control and nuclear transport -- Signaling at the cell surface -- Signaling pathways that control gene activity -- Integration of signals and gene control -- Moving proteins into membranes and organelles -- Vesicular traffic, secretion, and endocytosis -- Metabolism and movement of lipids -- Microfilaments and intermediate filaments -- Microtubules -- Regulating the eukaryotic cell cycle -- Cell birth, lineage, and death -- Cancer -- The solutions manual.