
List of Figures
2.1 A eukaryotic and a prokaryotic c ell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2 Phospholipids s tructures in aqueous solutions . . . . . . . . 7
2.3 The cell membrane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.4 The structure of a microtubule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.5 The endomembrane system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.6 The nucleus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.7 DNA packing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.8 The scales of various chromatin packing structures . . . . . 16
2.9 A s hort fragment (10 base pairs) of double-stranded DNA . 17
2.10 DNA base pairing ...