Because molecular and cellular biology is such an exciting and rapidly moving area of science, teaching it at the undergraduate level is a rewarding, yet challenging, task. Designed for use on introductory cell biology courses, this third edition presents current comprehensive science in a readable and cohesive text that students can master in the course of a semester. This edition retains the organization, themes and special features of earlier editions, but it has been updated to reflect scientific advances since publication of the second edition in 2000, including progress made in genome sequencing regulation of programmed cell death and potential medical applications of embryonic cells.
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GEOFFREY COOPER is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biology at Boston University - ROBERT E. HAUSMAN is Professor and Graduate Director of the Department of Biology at Boston University ROBERT E. HAUSMAN is Professor and Graduate Director of the Department of Biology at Boston University
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New! Second Edition of Cooper text is available!,
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This review is from: The Cell: A Molecular Approach (Hardcover)
The field of cell biology is so vast and changing so rapidly that teaching it can be a daunting prospect. The First Edition of The Cell: A Molecular Approach, published in 1997, offered the perfect solution for teachers and their students--current, comprehensive science combined with the readability and cohesiveness of a single-authored text. Designed for one-semester introductory cell biology courses, this book enabled students to master the material in the entire book, not simply to sample a small fraction from a much larger text. The new Second Edition of The Cell retains the organization, themes, and special features of the original, but it has been completely updated in major areas of scientific progress, including: genome analysis; chromatin and transcription; nuclear transport; protein sorting and trafficking; signal transduction; the cell cycle; and programmed cell death.The new Second Edition was published June 16, 2000.
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Excellent introductory book,
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I am an engineer by training and I am interested in appling biological principles to solving engineering problems (I am also the author of a book entitled Intelligent Systems for Engineering: A Knowledge-based Approach). Prof. Cooper's book is an amazingly well written book. Anyone can easily understand the concepts presented. My only advice to the author is to make the CD-ROM more interactive and if possible add narration. Congratuations on writing such an excellent book.
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The Cell: A Molecular Approach as college level text,
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This review is from: The Cell: A Molecular Approach (Hardcover)
This text, as a course text, could very possibly be excellent as a text in an introductory biology course for first year biology students. For more advanced students, even those taking an introductory biology course, this book lacks the depth and detail that the discriminating student demands.Students often complain that the book leaves them hanging with unanswered questions and that the text's depth is insufficient. The presentation, though, is excellent. Effective use of color and illustration make this text just fine for a non-honors level class. The writing style isn't overly stuffy either. All in all, this book is best complemented with a good molecular biology textbook. The extra explanations of chemical mechanisms make up for the missing depth of Cooper's text
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UNDERSTANDING THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF CELLS is an active area of research that is fundamental to all of the biological sciences. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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protein translocation complex, animal cell growth, gene transfer assays, transition from metaphase, free cytosolic ribosomes, contractile assemblies, mutant keratin, origin replication complex, cell death receptors, epithelial cell sheets, nucleosome remodeling factors, provirus hypothesis, internal signal sequences, polar microtubules, preribosomal particles, vertebrate oocytes, chromosomes decondense, completed polypeptide chains, lakoid membrane, normal cell proliferation, protein import, electrically excitable cells, peptidyl transferase reaction, cargo protein, progeny virus particles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Trends Biochem, Photo Researchers, Visuals Unlimited, Genes Dev, New York, Biological Photo Service, Cell Dev, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Nature Rev, Don Fawcett, United States, Trends Genet, Academic Press, International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium, Biophoto Associates, Harry Eagle, Laboratory Manual, Peter Mitchell, San Diego, The Arabidopsis Genome Initiative, The Central Role of Enzymes, Trends Biochern, Cancer Res, Christian Anfinsen, Cytosol Figure New!
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- Elements of Human Cancer (The Jones and Bartlett Series in Biology) by Geoffrey M. Cooper on page 663, and Back Matter
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