LibGuides: BIO 360 Cell Biology: Home

The cell is the fundamental unit of life. It is the smallest structure of the body capable of performing all of the processes that define life.

This guide supports the study of cell ultrastructure and function, with emphasis on major eukaryotic cellular processes.

Fluorescence microscope image of human cells undergoing mitosis

This research guide follows the structure of the course syllabus for BIO 360, modeling representative search strategies

and providing sample article and book assets available through Burke Library for each main unit of course study.

It serves as a fundamental reference for developing a your literature review and written term paper.

Search the Full Library Online Catalog for Articles and EBooks about Cytochemistry

Search the Full Online Library Catalog for Articles and EBooks about Cell Physiology

Search the Full Online Library Catalog for Articles and EBooks about Cell Membranes

Sperelakis, Nicholas. Cell Physiology Source Book. Elsevier, 2012.
Section 1. Biophysical chemistry, metabolism, second messengers, and ultrastructure -- section 2. Membrane potential, transport physiology, pumps, and exchangers -- section 3. Membrane excitability and ion channels -- section 4. Ion channels as targets for toxins, drugs, and genetic diseases -- section 5. Synaptic transmission and sensory transduction -- section 6. Muscle and other contractile systems -- section 7. Protozoa and bacteria -- section 8. Specialized processes : photosynthesis and bioluminescence.

Search the Full Online Catalog for Articles and EBooks about Mitochondria

Lane, Nick. Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the meaning of life. Oxford, 2005.
Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that.Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate from those in the cell nucleus. It is thought that they were once bacteria living independent lives. Their enslavement within the larger cell was a turning point in the evolution of life, enabling the development of complex organisms

Schaffer SW. Mitochondria : the dynamic organelle. New York: Springer; 2007.
QH603 .M5 M5555 2007 Lower level

Search the Full Online Catalog for Articles and EBooks about Actin

Laminopathy in Alzheimer's disease
Islam, M. I. et al. (2022). Regulatory role of cathepsin L in induction of nuclear laminopathy in Alzheimer’s disease. Aging Cell, 21, e13531. https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.13531

Search the Full Online Library Catalog for Articles and EBooks about Apoptosis

Search the Full Online Library Catalog for Articles and EBooks about Cell Death

Al-Rubeai, Mohamed, ed. Apoptosis. Kluwer, 2004
The aim of the volume is to make the recent developments in apoptotic research readily accessible to biologists, biotechnologists and cellular engineers.