Sommario “...Bowler ; The organismal synthesis : holistic science and developmental evolution in the English-speaking world, 1915-1954 / Maurizio Esposito ; Lamarckian research programs in French biology (1900-1970) / Laurent Loison and Emily Herring ; Molecularizing evolutionary biology / Michel Morange ; Cells, development, and evolution : teeth studies at the intersection of fields / Kate MacCord and Jane Maienschein ; Symbiogenesis and cell evolution : an anti-Darwinian research agenda? ...”
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Sommario “...The effect of mass transport upon biochemical interactions -- Mass transport and biochemical interactions -- Cell-surface ligand-receptor kinetics and molecular transport within cells -- Cell adhesion -- Pt. ...”

Sommario “...-- Microbes first -- The germ of phylogeny -- Creatures void of form -- About chaos -- Kingdoms at biology's borders -- The prokaryote and the eukaryote -- On the unity of life -- Symbiotic complexity -- The morning of molecular phylogenetics -- Roots in the genetic code -- A third form of life -- A kingdom on a molecule -- Against adaptationism -- In the capital of the new kingdom -- Out of Eden -- Big tree -- The dawn cell controversy -- Three domains -- Disputed territories -- Grappling with a worldwide web -- Entangled roots and braided lives....”

“...Molecular and cell biology updates...”

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Sommario “...Front Cover; Modeling of Microscale Transport in Biological Processes; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Molecular Simulations of Complex Membrane Models; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Methods: Molecular Dynamics Simulations; 1.2 Unsaturated Carbon Chains; 1.3 Membrane Proteins; 1.3.1 Ion Channel Functioning; 1.3.2 Transmembrane Protein Clustering; 1.3.3 Membrane Adaptation Around Protein Clusters; 1.4 Sterols; 1.5 Eukaryotic Membranes; 1.6 Prokaryotic Membranes; 1.7 Viral Membranes; 1.8 Membrane Fusion; 1.9 Graphitic Nanomaterials; 1.10 Nanoparticles; 1.11 On-Going Work....”
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Sommario “...The "brain of the cell" : data processing by protein networks -- Supplying the network with energy : basic biochemistry of signal transduction -- Evolution of cellular data processing -- Basic equipment : G-proteins, second messengers, and protein kinases -- Signal transduction by receptors with seven transmembrane domains -- Signal transduction by serine/threonine kinase-coupled receptors -- Signal transduction by tyrosine kinase- and protein phosphatase-coupled receptors : a late invention of evolution -- Gene transcription : the ultimate target of signal transduction -- Signals controlling mRNA translation -- Signal transduction by small G-proteins : the art of molecular targeting -- Mitogen-activated protein kinase and nuclear factor k̳B modules -- Cancer and regulation of cell division -- Signal transduction by proteolysis and programmed cell death -- Signal transduction by ions -- Sensory signal processing -- Signaling at synapses : neurotransmitters and their receptors -- Putting together the pieces : the approach of systems biology....”