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Molecular Biology of the Cell |  | Authors: Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter
Publisher: Garland Science
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 5
Pages: 1392
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Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.8 x 2
ISBN: 0815341059
Dewey Decimal Number: 571.6
EAN: 9780815341055
ASIN: 0815341059
Publication Date: November 16, 2007
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For nearly a quarter century Molecular Biology of the Cell has been the leading cell biology textbook. This tradition continues with the new Fifth Edition, which has been completely revised and updated to describe our current, rapidly advancing understanding of cell biology. To list but a few examples, a large amount of new material is presented on epigenetics; stem cells; RNAi; comparative genomics; the latest cancer therapies; apoptosis (now its own separate chapter); and cell cycle control and the mechanics of M phase (now integrated into one chapter). The hallmark features of Molecular Biology of the Cell have been retained, such as its consistent and comprehensive art program, clear concept headings, and succinct section summaries. Additionally, in response to extensive feedback from readers, the Fifth Edition now includes several new features. It is now more portable. Chapters 1-20 are printed and Chapters 21-25, covering multicellular systems, are provided as PDF files on the free Media DVD-ROM which accompanies the book.* And for the first time, Molecular Biology of the Cell now contains end-of-chapter questions. These problems, written by John Wilson and Tim Hunt, emphasize a quantitative approach and the art of reasoning from experiments, and they will help students review and extend their knowledge derived from reading the textbook. The Media DVD-ROM, which is packaged with every copy of the book, contains PowerPoint® presentations with all of the figures, tables and micrographs from the text (available as JPEGs too). Also included is the Media Player, which plays over 125 movies—animations, videos, and molecular models—all with voice-over narration. A new reader-friendly feature is the integration of media codes throughout the text that link directly to relevant videos and animations. The Media DVD-ROM holds the multicellular systems chapters (21-25) of the text as well. By skillfully extracting the fundamental concepts from this enormous and ever-growing field, the authors tell the story of cell biology, and thereby create a coherent framework through which readers may approach and enjoy this subject that is so central to all of biology. * There is also a reference edition of Molecular Biology of the Cell, Fifth Edition (ISBN 978-0-8153-4111-6) that contains Chapters 1-25 entirely in printed format.
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 Ok review September 1, 2010
kt11
The only problem that I had was the person said that the book was in perfect condition, but the binding was starting to break away, and the back of the cover was broken. The pages were in great condition, but over all the book was ok. I wish they would have told me about the cover and the binding.
 Excellent speed August 27, 2010
Manny
I want to put AIM the first one to buy used books. The book is almost new. And delivery is so fast. I love it.
A classic that deserves it's cache August 15, 2010
magellan (Santa Clara, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a neurobiologist whose forte isn't molecular biology I was looking for a book that wouldn't be too daunting but still had some rigor. Well, this book was probably a bit more to bite off than I had intended, but it's obviously a great work and one of the greatest texts on this subject. My only real background in molecular biology being the couple of virology courses I took, I was most interested in those chapters, and also the material on oncogenes and oncoviruses. For that it served very well, although there is of course more here than just virology.
I found the coverage excellent and often a bit beyond my technical level, but not markedly so. A good text should stretch your mind a bit and this book certainly did that. I'm no expert here but I found the book's coverage of all the main topics quite complete. Although not for the faint hearted, it's well written, well organized, and interesting. If you can get thru this impressive volume you'll be in pretty good shape especially if this really isn't your field as in my case.
Helpful and well written August 8, 2010
Rivka Rauch
I work in a biolab and go to night school for my masters degree in this field. The book was written with the student in mind, not the peers of the authors, which is much appreciated. It was written to teach the same information that the authors had in such a way as to make it understandable. Not only did I use this text in this class but in most of my classes at med school. When I started working on cancer research in my lab for 3 years, I was not surprised to find this book on the shelves...and we all referred to it now and then. I compliment the authors for a job well done, and if I ever write a textbook, this will be the one I use to follow as an appropriate way to write curriculum. The amount of pictures and graphs were especially great for teaching students and I intend to use it for such. My coworkers and I had five different teachers and classes, two of whom were foreign. Since I was the relatively young person to take Neuroscience there, they weren't prepared for me...and I ended up taking the class without any special treatement. I strongly recommend this book, at least while it is still relevent.
Best textbook I've read June 8, 2010
Omega (Boston, MA USA)
Over the course of more than a decade of biology/engineering/medical degrees, this is the single best textbook I've read. It is current, authoritative, thoughtfully written, and wonderfully edited. Illustrations are usually helpful. This book was the foundation of a molecular biology course during the first year of my Ph.D., and it ignited my interest in molecular cell biology, which continues to this day.
The book targets an interesting audience. As a whole, it is a reasonably in-depth treatment on modern molecular and cell biology, and if the reader can grok half of the topics in the book, they are a legitimate expert. On some topics, the level of detail is only surpassed by current journal articles in the field. On other topics, usually the more mature topics where a chemical/physical interpretation is understood and meaningful, the level of discussion in this book can be somewhat superficial (e.g., computational methods, enzymatic mechanisms, chemical reactions, protein structure). I recommend this book to anyone with any interest in sub-cellular behavior.
A final note, that this book is edited by Alberts et al., but the bulk of the articles are contributed by colleagues around the world. I believe that the consistency of editing by biology experts combined with up-to-date articles written by topic experts is the key to the exceptional quality of this book. Well done!
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