The Cell: A Molecular Approach-5판

Book Description

The Cell: A Molecular Approach is an easily understood and concise introduction to the molecular biology of cells,
ideally suited in length and complexity for undergraduate-level courses. This unique book has been crafted to meet the
need of today's students and their teachers by combining the readability and cohesiveness of a single-authored text
with comprehensive and up-to-date science.
Unlike other larger books where only a small fraction of the content can be sampled or understood, The Cell's language
and writing are so efficient and manageable that all the information in the book can be covered in a single semester,
providing a good foundation in this subject.
The Cell presents a good balance of topics in a clean and concise manner and combines a lucid sketch of the history of
molecular genetics with a thorough description of the techniques of modern molecular biology. This new text provides
both the necessary fundamentals of this subject as well as the more advanced concepts but without getting lost in too
many details. A text extensively reviewed by more than 70 scientific experts, The Cell is ideally suited in length and
complexity for sophomore- and junior-level courses. The book focuses on the molecular biology of cells as a unifying
theme, with topics such as developmental biology, the nervous system, the immune system, and plant biology being
discussed as examples of more general principles. Reviews of selected Key Experiments and topics in Molecular Medicine
highlight the experimental nature of modern cell biology and convey the excitement of research in this area.






Table of Contents

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