The Cell A Molecular Approach 5th Edition presents current comprehensive science in a readable and cohesive text that students can master in the course of one semester. This new edition retains the overall organization, themes, and special features of the Fourth Edition, including Key Experiment and Molecular Medicine essays, chapter sidebars that highlight areas of interest and clinical applications, and end-of-chapter questions with answers at the back of the book. The Fifth Edition has been updated throughout to reflect major advances since publication of the Fourth Edition in 2006, including:
- Advances in understanding gene regulation by microRNAs
- Histones and epigenetic inheritance
- Identification of human disease susceptibility genes by genome-wide association scans
- Protein import into mitochondria
- Induced pluripotent stem cells
- Role of autophagy in programmed cell death
- Genomic analysis of mutations in human cancers
- New Key Experiments: RNA Interference (Chapter 4) and G Protein-Coupled Receptors and Odor Detection (Chapter 15)
1 An overview of cells and cell research
2 The composition of cells
3 Cell metabolism
4 Fundamentals of molecular biology
5 The organization and sequences of cellular genomes
6 Replication, maintenance, and rearrangements of genomic DNA
7 RNA synthesis and processing
8 Protein synthesis, processing, and regulation
9 The nucleus
10 Protein sorting and transport : the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, and lysosomes
11 Bioenergetics and metabolism : mitochondria, chloroplasts, and peroxisomes
12 The cytoskeleton and cell movement
13 The plasma membrane
14 Cell walls, the extracellular matrix, and cell interactions
15 Cell signaling
16 The cell cycle
17 Cell death and cell renewal
18 Cancer
Product Details
- Hardcover: 765 pages
- Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc.; 5th edition (March 31, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 087893300X
- ISBN-13: 978-0878933006
- Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 1.7 inches
- List Price: $127.95