Essential Cell Biology provides an accessible introduction to the fundamental concepts of cell biology. Its lively writing and exceptional illustrations make it the ideal textbook for a first course in cell and molecular biology. The text and figures are easy-to-follow, accurate, clear, and engaging for the introductory student. Molecular detail has been kept to a minimum in order to provide the reader with a cohesive, conceptual framework of the basic science that underlies our current understanding of biology.
The Third Edition is thoroughly updated scientifically, yet maintains the academic level and size of the previous edition. The book is accompanied by a Media DVD-ROM with over 130 animations and videos, all the figures from the book, and a new self-test quizzing feature for students.
Contents
Ch. 1 Introduction to Cells
Ch. 2 Chemical Components of Cells
Ch. 3 Energy, Catalysis, and Biosynthesis
Ch. 4 Protein Structure and Function
Ch. 5 DNA and Chromosomes
Ch. 6 DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination
Ch. 7 From DNA to Protein: How Cells Read the Genome
Ch. 8 Control of Gene Expression
Ch. 9 How Genes and Genomes Evolve
Ch. 10 Manipulating Genes and Cells
Ch. 11 Membrane Structure
Ch. 12 Membrane Transport
Ch. 13 How Cells Obtain Energy from Food
Ch. 14 Energy Generation in Mitochondria and Chloroplasts
Ch. 15 Intracellular Compartments and Transport
Ch. 16 Cell Communication
Ch. 17 Cytoskeleton
Ch. 18 Cell-Cycle Control and Cell Death
Ch. 19 Cell Division
Ch. 20 Genetics, Meiosis, and the Molecular Basis of Heredity
Ch. 21 Tissues and Cancer
About the Author
- Bruce Alberts received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and is Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco. He is the editor-in-chief of Science magazine. For 12 years he served as President of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1993-2005).
- Dennis Bray received his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is currently an active emeritus professor at University of Cambridge. In 2006 he was awarded the Microsoft European Science Award.
- Karen Hopkin received her Ph.D. in biochemistry from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and is a science writer in Somerville, Massachusetts.
- Alexander Johnson received his Ph.D. 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 D.Phil. from the University of Oxford and is a Principal Scientist at the London Research Institute of Cancer Research UK.
- Martin Raff received his M.D. from McGill University and is at the Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology and Cell Biology Unit and in the Biology Department at University College London.
- Keith Roberts received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and is Emeritus Fellow at the John Innes Centre, Norwich.
- Peter Walter received his Ph.D. 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.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 860 pages
- Publisher: Garland Science; 3 edition (March 27, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0815341296
- ISBN-13: 978-0815341291
- Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 1.4 inches
- List Price: $144.00