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Molecular Biology of the Cell is the classic in-dept text reference in cell biology. By extracting the fundamental concepts from this enormous and ever-growing field, the authors tell the story of cell biology, and create a coherent framework through which non-expert readers may approach the subject. Written in clear and concise language, and beautifully illustrated, the book is enjoyable to read, and it provides a clear sense of the excitement of modern biology. Molecular Biology of the Cell sets forth the current understanding of cell biology (completely updated as of Autumn 2001), and it explores the intriguing implications and possibilities of the great deal that remains unknown. The hallmark features of previous editions continue in the Fourth Edition. The book is designed with a clean and open, single-column layout. The art program maintains a completely consistent format and style, and includes over 1,600 photographs, electron micrographs, and original drawings by the authors. Clear and concise concept headings introduce each section. Every chapter contains extensive references. Most important, every chapter has been subjected to a rigorous, collaborative revision process where, in addition to incorporating comments from expert reviewers, each co-author reads and reviews the other authors' prose. The result is a truly integrated work with a single authorial voice. Features : - Places the latest hot topics sensibly in context - including genomics, protein structure, array technology, stem cells and genetics diseases. - Incorporates and emphasises new genomic data. - All of molecular biology is brought together into one section (chapters 4-7) covering classically defined molecular biology and molecular genetics. - Two chapters deal exclusively with methods and contain information on the latest tools and techniques. - New chapters on "Pathogens, Infection, and Innate Immunity". - Cell Biology Interactive CD-ROM is packaged with every copy of the book. - Contains over 1,600 illustrations, electron micrographs and photographs, of which over 1,000 are originally conceived by the authors.
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"In an era when we are drowning in information, the job of a textbook such as Molecular Biology of the Cell is to help teach its readers how to swim. This it does admirably, and the punctilious attention to detail and effort devoted by the authors to covering this huge field in a lucid and easy-to-read style shines though on every page... the fourth edition of Molecular Biology of the Cell is an outstanding textbook... The clear and concise style and copious informative diagrams and illustrations set an impressive standard, and the comprehensive coverage of the field that has been achieved is quite remarkable." - Nature

"The book is extremely well written... The hundreds of schematic/explanatory diagrams and light and electron micrographs and the way they are integrated into the text are superb... This 4th edition will be warmly welcomed by college and university teachers, researchers and students alike. It maintains and improves upon the quality and excellence of previous editions." - Doody's Reviews

"The 4th edition of the Molecular Biology of the Cell does an excellent job of reporting our progress, and the next generation of purchasers should not regret the presence of this text on their bookshelves." - Cell

"... what is to be said about the fourth edition of Molecular Biology of the Cell? The most casual glance confirms that standards have not slipped: short subsections with informative headings, highlighted key words, italicised chapter summaries and diagrams of great clarity... it should be remembered that Molecular Biology of the Cell set the precedent of providing a substantial problems book, and Tim Hunt and John Wilson have contributed a revised version of this supplement for the fourth edition... the sheer scale of coverage by the fourth edition of Molecular Biology of the Cell means it will be the first thing most of us will reach for in pursuit of the facts of life." - Journal of Cell Science

"... a new kind of encyclopedia is taking shape, and for a new kind of audience. They don't just make an up-to-date alphabetical tour of some circumscribed area of human knowledge; They also try to put all that knowledge in context. The best I've yet encountered is a Molecular Biology of the Cell... It's essentially a single 1,500-plus-page essay on the microcosm that lurks invisibly at the very roots of the tree of life... the authors digest their material so brilliantly one can--with patience and a decent high-school science education--actually read the damn thing... [the] authors have with each edition improved every aspect of the book, polishing its plain, transparent prose, clarifying descriptions, enhancing illustrations... It's an easy book to like, too..." - Seattle Weekly

"Molecular Biology of the Cell, a hefty tome written for a wide range of students, as well as scientists wishing to follow the rapid progress in their specialized fields, delivers on its promise to give readers the most comprehensive text possible. At first glance, it doesn't seem possible that the authors had to decide what details to leave out. It looks as if they'd covered it all. From a basic discussion of cells, genomes, and cell chemistry to DNA, cellular organization, function and cell immunity, the authors have incorporated facts, specific examples, and essential concepts in a way that makes this new edition a landmark work in the field of molecular cell biology. As genomics expands more rapidly than anyone thought possible, and complete sequencing of genomes from bacteria to humans has revolutionized our understanding of living things, new information is critical. Included in this amazing text are discussions of new discoveries in biotechnology, cellular mechanisms, infection and immunity. Without sacrificing content, the authors have put together a remarkable book that can be used for courses in cell biology or molecular biology (chapters 1 through 8). Outstanding drawings, photographs, and diagrams fill the chapters to enhance the excellent writing. Every instructor will want to keep a reference copy on his or her shelf, whether they use the book for their classes or not. As a textbook, there's not one better. Highly recommended for academic libraries, as well as undergraduate, and graduate courses." - Life Science Book Review

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"The epitome of what a current upper level textbook in cell biology should be."

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"Accessible and relatively easy to read... timely and accurate... profusely and beautifully illustrated."

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"A reliable, accurate and up-to-date textbook for which students and researchers must be grateful."

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"A big, beautiful (now in color), up-to-date survey of cell biology."

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"The authors and their publisher have once again led the way and set the standard against which other scientific textbooks will be measured."

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Garland Science; 4th edition (1 March 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 1588 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0815332181
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0815332183
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 22.23 x 5.08 x 29.21 cm
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MA, PhD Cambridge. Retired as Deputy Director of John Innes Centre in 2006. Emeritus Professor at University of East Anglia. Published more than 150 papers in refereed journals, and also co-author of the major textbooks, Molecular Biology of the Cell now in its 6th edition (2014), Essential Cell Biology now in its 4th edition (2013), and Plant Cell Walls (2010). Also edited a two volume Handbook of Plant Science (2007).

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Shivendu Shree
5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST BOOK of Cell biology.
Reviewed in India on 11 January 2018
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This is the detailed review for the 4th Edition of the book "Molecular Biology of the Cell".
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This huge book contains all the topics that are related with cell biology.
Pages are of good quality with multicolored diagrams and illustrations.
I purchased a hardbound edition, and I'm satisfied with its sturdy binding.

All the aspects of Cell biology viz. Molecular genetics, biochemistry of the Cell, histological view of Cell biology, cancer, immunology, cell organisation are vividly covered.

** The book also includes a CD-ROM which contains many ORIGINAL videos related with various topics. For example: you can see the original video of a moving amoeba or a dying cell (apoptosis).

This book is equally useful for undergraduate, postgraduate and research students. If you're preparing for CSIR NET (Life Science), you should definitely go for this book to build crystal-clear concepts.

If you want to learn the Cell Biology in most pleasing way, go for this exceptionally well-written book.

In short: Don't get confused, just get THIS BOOK, because it is THE BEST BOOK OF CELL BIOLOGY in this world.
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Shivendu Shree
5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST BOOK of Cell biology.
Reviewed in India on 11 January 2018
This is the detailed review for the 4th Edition of the book "Molecular Biology of the Cell".
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This huge book contains all the topics that are related with cell biology.
Pages are of good quality with multicolored diagrams and illustrations.
I purchased a hardbound edition, and I'm satisfied with its sturdy binding.

All the aspects of Cell biology viz. Molecular genetics, biochemistry of the Cell, histological view of Cell biology, cancer, immunology, cell organisation are vividly covered.

** The book also includes a CD-ROM which contains many ORIGINAL videos related with various topics. For example: you can see the original video of a moving amoeba or a dying cell (apoptosis).

This book is equally useful for undergraduate, postgraduate and research students. If you're preparing for CSIR NET (Life Science), you should definitely go for this book to build crystal-clear concepts.

If you want to learn the Cell Biology in most pleasing way, go for this exceptionally well-written book.

In short: Don't get confused, just get THIS BOOK, because it is THE BEST BOOK OF CELL BIOLOGY in this world.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfetto
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The item arrived a bit late but the book is in perfect conditions (It is a used one so i thought that some pages could have been written but actually It looks like a new one) it really overcomed my expectations!
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A. W. Straub
5.0 out of 5 stars A fabulous read
Reviewed in Canada on 4 April 2013
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This book does a fabulous job of explaining the inner workings of cells. You will want to have a background in high-school chemistry and biology to get through a lot of it.
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Pam
5.0 out of 5 stars A classic.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 January 2014
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Bought this second hand version not the new one with DVD for my 15 year old. His face lit up when I gave it to him! Should see him through for quite a long time.
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Dr. Lee D. Carlson
5.0 out of 5 stars They keep getting better
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In the past few years quite a few books on molecular biology and genetics have appeared, and all of these have been exceptionally well-written. Most have been updates of previous editions, and if compared with these, the most recent editions have displayed an enthusiasm and excitement that dwarfs their earlier editions. This book, now in its fourth edition, is an example of one of these, and I believe the reason for their increasing quality is the excitement that biologists are now feeling. This is due no doubt to the incredible strides that have been taken in biology in the last few years. Biologists are with complete justification very excited that they understand in greater detail what life is all about, and are looking forward to an even deeper understanding in the decades ahead.
As a non-biologist but one deeply embedded in bioinformatics and certain areas of computational biology, this book served my need to understand in greater detail the underlying biology behind these fields. It is a beautiful book, both from an aesthetic viewpoint and because of its content. The book reads more like a story than a textbook, but the information gain when reading it is considerable, with less entropy than what might be expected from such a deep subject with myriads of terms that must be understood before moving on to others. The author's approach to the book is well-organized, with many accompanying diagrams that illustrate the complicated processes and structures that can occur in the molecular realm. In addition, helpful summaries are put at several places in the book. There are no exercises in this book but there is a workbook that one can purchase separately.
Space prohibits a detailed review of such a large book, but some of the more interesting discussions in the book include: 1. The paragraph on the role of sex in bringing about horizontal genetic exchanges within a species. The thinking is that the genomes of modern eubacteria, archaea, and eucaryotes originated in three different "anthologies" of genes that survived from an ancestral pool in which genes were frequently exchanged. This hypothesis is tempting, argue the authors, since it would explain the fact that eucaryotes are similar to archaea in terms of genetic "information-handling" but more similar to eubacteria from a metabolic standpoint. Horizontal gene transfer has become a very important topic of late, due in part to the uproar on bioengineered foods. 2. The suggestion that eucaryotic cells originated as predators, pointing to the presence of mitochondria as one piece of evidence. 3. The entire chapter on proteins, but especially the discussion on protein folding, allosteric enzymes and allosteric transitions. The discussion on protein folding is qualitative but the authors give interesting insights on this topic. In answering the question as to why only a few of the 20^300 different polypeptide chains will be useful to a living organism, they point to natural selection, and the resulting conformations being stable due to its fine tuning. The extreme sensitivity of protein function to small changes in their structure has recently fueled speculation by religionists as being evidence of "intelligent design", but such speculations, even if true, will not improve the understanding of proteins, and can therefore be safely ignored from a scientific viewpoint. The authors do devote a short paragraph to the discussion of computational methods in the protein folding problem, and also discuss briefly the experimental difficulties in determining the conformations of proteins. They also give some of the mathematical details of steady state enzyme kinetics. 4. The discussion on the need for low mutation rates in order to have life. 5. The section on abnormally folded proteins and their relation to diseases, such as prion diseases. Prions have been a contentious issue of late, due to the issues with "mad cow disease" in Great Britain. 6. The section on the "RNA world" and the origins of life. The authors discuss the need in early cells for molecules to perform reactions that lead to the production of more molecules like themselves. From the standpoint of modern cells, polypeptides, they point out, can serve to be catalysts, but they emphasize that there is no known way in which this type of molecule can copy itself by the specification of another of precisely the same sequence. The talk about one theory, the "pre-RNA" world, as justification for the need for simpler compounds to act as template and catalyst for the synthesis of complementary RNA. 7. The section on heterodimerization and its use in "combinatorial control", the latter being a process in which combinations of different proteins control a cellular process. Although not discussed in this book, the mathematical modeling of combinatorial control and its role in signal transduction systems has taken on more importance in recent years. 8. The section on how genetic switches work and the role of operons thereof. 9. The phenomenon of "transcriptional synergy" in gene activator proteins. Here the transcription rate is higher when several activator proteins are working together than when any of the activators are working alone. 10. The discussion on how circadian clocks can be created using feedback loops in gene regulation. The authors describe an interesting experiment that produced a simple gene clock using techniques from genetic engineering. 11. The section discussing RNA interference, a topic that has taken on enormous importance lately, since using it allows researchers the ability to turn off the expression of individual cellular genes. Indeed pharmaceutical bioinformatics and the role of "in silico" molecular target identification makes use of the ability to "tune" phenotypes by using RNA interference for laboratory validation of the bioinformatic algorithms.
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