Announcing the March 1st, 2002 publication of the Fourth Edition of Molecular Biology of the Cell

by Bruce ALBERTS, Alexander JOHNSON, Julian LEWIS, Martin RAFF, Keith ROBERTS, and Peter WALTER

Well over one million people around the world have read previous editions of Molecular Biology of the Cell. This Fourth Edition is a massive revision and the first cell biology book to embrace the new frontiers of the genomic era. The authors, with a wide understanding and love of cell biology, are uniquely qualified to select the fundamental concepts from this enormous and ever-growing field.

Nearly two decades since the publication of the first edition, the authors of Molecular Biology of the Cell continue to chart the story of cell biology, re-working the plot when new characters appear, and always preserving the essentials that make for a good, accurate story.

Those features of Molecular Biology of the Cell that have endeared themselves to generations of readers remain: the book is conceptual in its approach, the prose is consistent, the art programme pedagogically robust whilst beautiful to look at. In this new edition the authors have spent much time reflecting on the developments in biology over the last eight years, and thus have considered with equal importance not only what to put in but what to leave out. Advances in technology now provide new mediums with which to present and explore topics; to this end the authors have developed Cell Biology Interactive CD-ROM. Highly innovative, Cell Biology Interactive contains many novel and cutting-edge videos, animations, molecular models and electron micrographs that extend and enhance the text.

Contents in Brief
I. Introduction to the Cell
1. Cells and Genomes
2. Cell Chemistry and Biosynthesis
3. Proteins
II. Basic Genetic Mechanisms
4. DNA and Chromosomes
5. DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination
6. How Cells Read The Genome: From DNA to Protein
7. Control of Gene Expression
III. Methods
8. Manipulating Proteins, DNA, and RNA
9. Visualizing Cells
IV. Internal Organization of the Cell
10. Membrane Structure
11. Membrane Transport of Small Molecules and the Electrical Properties of Membranes
12. Intracellular Compartments and Protein Sorting
13. Intracellular Vesicular Traffic
14. Energy Conversion: Mitochondria and Chloroplasts
15. Cell Communication
16. The Cytoskeleton
17. The Cell Cycle and Programmed Cell Death
18. The Mechanics of Cell Division
V. Cells in Their Social Context
19. Cell Junctions, Cell Adhesion, and the Extracellular Matrix
20. Germ Cells and Fertilization
21. Development of Multicellular Organisms
22. Histology: The Lives and Deaths of Cells in Tissues
23. Cancer
24. The Adaptive Immune System
25. Pathogens, Infection, and Innate Immunity

Bibliographic Information

�2002 Garland Science
1616 pages; over 1,600 full-color illustrations and photographs; 25 panels
Includes Cell Biology Interactive CD-ROM
Hardback: ISBN 0-8153-3218-1: $102
Publication Date: March 1st 2002

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