Cell Biology covers one of the most fundamental and elaborately studied areas of biology: the cell. The cell is the basic unit of life and has all the structural and functional properties required for life. The book has been divided into 20 chapters beginning with the origin of biological systems and ending with tools for the study of cells. Every effort has been made to include the most recent information. Each chapter is provided with an adequate number of illustrations. This book can serve as a basic textbook for students of molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, agriculture and biotechnology, or as a reference book for those interested in learning the fundamentals of cell biology, in particular, the origin, organization and functions of subcellular components and cell types.



Author Bio:

Channarayappa, received his B.Sc. (Ag.), M.Sc. (Ag.), and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. He then went on to earn a second Ph.D., in Genetics and Developmental Biology from West Virginia University, USA, in 1990. He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston. He was the recipient of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Award for Outstanding Postgraduate Agricultural Research (1993) for significant research contribution in genetics and plant breeding, awarded by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. He has been teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students of molecular biology and biotechnology courses for more than 20 years. He is the author of many scientific papers resulting from research conducted in plant sciences, mutation research, and cancer biology. He has already published a book with us: Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Practices.