Big scientific encyclopedia "Cell biology" - meiosis and mitosis, cytokines, cellular processes, signaling, movement, growth factors, etc.

Cell biology (also cellular biology or cytology) - the science of cells. The subject of cytology is the cell as a structural and functional unit of life. The tasks of cytology include the study of the structure and functioning of cells, their chemical composition, functions of individual cellular components, processes of cell reproduction, adaptation to environmental conditions, study of the structural features of specialized cells, etc. Research in cellular biology is interconnected to other fields such as genetics, molecular genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, medical microbiology, immunology, and cytochemistry.