Ncbi: The Molecular Biology of the Cell: The Chemical Components of a Cell

Advanced chapter of the book "The Molecular Biology of the Cell" describes and provides illustrations of our most current understanding of the chemical makeup of cells and their components. Explains in detail how electron activity keeps atoms together as well as the bonding properties of specific macromolecules (sugars, fatty acids, amino acids, and nucleotides). The rest of the book is available online through this site, but only by using the search engine provided there.