Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. CONTENIDO: Introduction and general aspects / Gerhard Michael and Dietmar Schomburg -- The cell and its contents / Gerhard Michal and Dietmar Schomburg -- Metabolism -- Protein biosynthesis, modification and degradation -- Viruses / Klaus Klumpp -- Transport -- Signal transduction and cellular communication / Gerhard Niederfellner -- Immune system / Ernst Peter Rieber -- Blood coagulation and fibrinolysis / Peter Müller -- Biochemical networks, bioinformatics and systems biology / Dietmar Schomburg.