Level:
Undergraduate
Instructors:
Prof. Terry Orr-Weaver
Prof. Hidde Ploegh
An illustration of the structure of an animal cell. (Image courtesy of Wikipedia.)
Course Features
Course Description
This course deals with the biology of cells of higher organisms: The structure, function, and biosynthesis of cellular membranes and organelles; cell growth and oncogenic transformation; transport, receptors, and cell signaling; the cytoskeleton, the extracellular matrix, and cell movements; chromatin structure and RNA synthesis.
Technical Requirements
Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .swf.