The endoplasmic reticulum is a single membrane bound cytoplasmic compartment, with two specialized functional compartments: rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) and smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER).
Molecular Biology of the Cell (4th ed.)
Alberts, Bruce; Johnson, Alexander; Lewis, Julian; Raff, Martin; Roberts, Keith; Walter, Peter
New York: Garland Publishing. (c2002)
Molecular Cell Biology (4th ed.)
Lodish, Harvey; Berk, Arnold; Zipursky, S. Lawrence; Matsudaira, Paul; Baltimore, David; Darnell, James E.
New York: W. H. Freeman & Co. (c2000)
The Cell- A Molecular Approach (2nd ed.)
Cooper, Geoffrey M. Sunderland (MA): Sinauer Associates, Inc (c2000)
Molecular Cell Biology (4th ed.)
Lodish, Harvey; Berk, Arnold; Zipursky, S. Lawrence; Matsudaira, Paul; Baltimore, David; Darnell, James E.
New York: W. H. Freeman & Co. (c2000)
First link is directly to Quicktime move, followed by associated textbook figure with legend. Look at the movie first, then look at the labelled image.
MCB - Protein Sorting | Figure 17-1. Overview of sorting of nuclear-encoded proteins in eukaryotic cells
MCB - Life Cycle of an mRNA | Figure 4-42. Model of protein synthesis on circular polysomes and recycling of ribosomal subunits
MCB - Synthesis of Secreted and Membrane-Bound Proteins | Figure 17-16. Synthesis of secretory proteins on the rough ER
MCB - Protein Secretion | Figure 17-13. The secretory pathway of protein synthesis and sorting
Medicine - module developed to support new medical curriculum
Science - module developed to support ANAT3231 course
About- Describes how the project website was designed
Lab Methods - some current Lab methods
Methods - brief description of cell biology methods
History - timeline of key discoveries
Glossary - list of terms and acronyms
Links - list of key internet links
Library- list of resource, including online textbooks, used in generating
information on this site.
Questions- start with a question about Cell Biology. Problems- start with
a problem in Cell Biology.
This Cell Biology Project began in 1997 and has been recently updated in 2003 as part of an ITET4 Fellowship.
Please email Dr Mark Hill if you wish to make a comment about this current project.