Inside the cell. [print] - [Washington, District of Columbia] : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, (c)1993. - 62 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. - NIH publication ; no. 90-1050 . - NIH publication ; no. 90-1050. .

Includes glossary (pages 58-60).



The next big leap -- What are cells? -- A fruitul fusion of two techniques -- The astonishing uniformity of life -- The nucleus, the cell's "command center" -- Ribosomes, the "protein factories" -- The endoplasmic reticulum -- The Golgi apparatus, final protein sorter -- Lysosomes and peroxisomes, the cell's "digestive system" -- Mitochondria, energy converters in the cell -- The cytoskeleton, the cell's physical props -- The surface membrane, versatile gatekeeper -- Directing traffic across the surface membrane -- Selective import, the job of receptor proteins -- A glimpse of the future.



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