Molecular Biology of the Cell / Edition 6

by Bruce Alberts, Alexander D. Johnson, Julian Lewis, David Morgan, Martin Raff

Overview

The definitive text in cell biology

As the amount of information in biology expands dramatically, it becomes increasingly important for textbooks to distill this vast amount of scientific knowledge into concise principles and enduring concepts. Molecular Biology of the Cell, Sixth Edition accomplishes this goal with clear writing and beautiful illustrations. The Sixth Edition has been extensively revised and updated with the latest research in cell biology, and it provides an exceptional framework for teaching and learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815344322
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	11/18/2014
Series:	100 Cases Series
Edition description:	Sixth Edition
Pages:	1464
Sales rank:	798,152
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 11.00(h) x 2.00(d)

About the Author

Bruce Alberts received his PhD from Harvard University and is Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco. For 12 years, he served as President of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1993-2005).

Alexander Johnson received his PhD from Harvard University and is Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Director of the Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Developmental Biology Graduate Program at the University of California, San Francisco.

Julian Lewis received his DPhil from the University of Oxford and was a Principal Scientist at the London Research Institute of Cancer Research UK.

David Morgan received his PhD from the University of California, San Francisco , and is Professor of the Department of Physiology as well as the Vice Dean for Research for the School of Medicine at UCSF

Martin Raff received his MD from McGill University and is at the Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology and the Biology Department at University College London.

Keith Roberts received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and is Emeritus Professor at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.

Peter Walter received his PhD from The Rockefeller University in New York and is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco, and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO THE CELL
1. Cells and Genomes
2. Cell Chemistry and Bioenergetics
3. Proteins
BASIC GENETIC MECHANISMS
4. DNA, Chromosomes, and Genomes
5. DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination
6. How Cells Read the Genome: From DNA to Protein
7. Control of Gene Expression
WAYS OF WORKING WITH CELLS
8. Analyzing Cells, Molecules, and Systems
9. Visualizing Cells
INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CELL
10. Membrane Structure
11. Membrane Transport of Small Molecules and the
Electrical Properties of Membranes
12. Intracellular Compartments and Protein Sorting
13. Intracellular Membrane Traffic
14. Energy Conversion: Mitochondria and Chloroplasts
15. Cell Signaling
16. The Cytoskeleton
17. The Cell Cycle
18. Cell Death
CELLS IN THEIR SOCIAL CONTEXT
19. Cell Junctions and the Extracellular Matrix
20. Cancer
21. Development of Multicellular Organisms
22. Stem Cells and Tissue Renewal
23. Pathogens and Infection
24. The Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Alvin Telser, PhD (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)
Description: This is the third edition of an excellent text in modern cell and molecular biology; the second edition was published in 1989. The content covers a wide range of basic biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, developmental biology, cancer biology, tissue biology, immunobiology, and neurobiology. It includes material relevant to prokaryotes and eukaryotes in both the plant and animal kingdoms, although the emphasis is on animal systems.
Purpose: This book is written as a comprehensive and thorough introductory text to all the fields mentioned above. These ambitious and worthy objectives are fulfilled on nearly all fronts.
Audience: The primary audiences are upper level undergraduate biology students, graduate students, and medical and dental students. It is also useful as an initial reference source for practicing scientists who may wish to learn about relatively recent knowledge in a large variety of fields. The authors are all very well known and highly qualified scholars in their fields.
Features: The book has many excellent illustrations of the highest pedagogic quality. The references are numerous and up-to-date. The table of contents and index are extensive, thorough, and easy to use. The book is very attractive and uses color in the text and illustrations to enhance comprehension very effectively. There are no special features.
Assessment: This is an excellent textbook that has kept up with an exciting and important area of modern biology in this new edition. It is a standard text and reference source that should be in every college, university, and medical school library. Students who buy the text for a course or as a reference will find this book to be useful for many years. Because this field of research is expanding so rapidly, the new edition is more than welcome.

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