Outline of cell biology

Light micrograph of a moss's leaf cells at 400X magnification.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to cell biology:

Cell biology A branch of biology that includes study of cells regarding their physiological properties, structure, and function; the organelles they contain; interactions with their environment; and their life cycle, division, and death. This is done both on a microscopic and molecular level. Cell biology research extends to both the great diversities of single-celled organisms like bacteria and the complex specialized cells in multicellular organisms like humans. Formerly, the field was called cytology (from Greek κύτος, kytos, "a hollow;" and -λογία, -logia).

What is cell biology?

Cell biology can be described as all of the following:

Essence of cell biology

Aspects of cells

Types of cells

By organism

By function

General cellular anatomy

Organelles

Structures

Molecules

Biological activity of cells

Cellular metabolism

Cellular reproduction

An illustration of the stages of mitosis in a human cell from Gray's Anatomy.

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Miscellaneous cellular processes

Applied cell biology concepts

Laboratory procedures

History of cell biology

See also Cell biologists below

History of cell biology is intertwined with the history of biochemistry and the history of molecular biology. Other articles pertaining to the history of cell biology include:

Cell biologists

Past

Current

Closely allied sciences

See also

Further reading

References

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