Molecular Cell Biology [Hardcover]

Harvey Lodish (Author), David Baltimore (Author), Arnold Berk

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0716723808 | ISBN-13: 978-0716723806 | Publication Date: March 1995 | Edition: 3rd

This edition features: new chapters on recombinant DNA technology and genetic analysis, reflecting the major role of recombinant DNA and genetic techiques in modern cell biology; a new Chapter One that defines the book's organization and philosophy and its central dogma (that to understand cells you must understand proteins, and to understand proteins you must understand genes); a new chapter devoted solely to proteins; material on cell evolution now integrated throughout, instead of confined to a late chapter; discussions of new techniques, including electrophoretic mobility shift assays, DNA footprinting, gene replacement and transgenic animals, and role of sex lethal gene in sex determination of fruitflies; expanded coverage of developmental genetics, particularly regulation of genes in developmental processes (such as the biocoid gene); and a new part-opener, chapter-opener design.

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About the Author

HARVEY LODISH is Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. - ARNOLD BERK is a world-famous Virologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. - PAUL MATSUDAIRA is a Member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Professor of Biology and Bioengineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Director of the WI/MIT BioImaging Center. - CHRIS A. KAISER is Professor of Biology and teaches genetics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. - MONTY KRIEGER is the Thomas D. & Virginia W. Cabot Professor in the Department of Biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. - MATTHEW P. SCOTT is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and teaches Developmental and Disease Mechanisms to medical students, and Developmental Biology to graduate students at Stanford University. - LAWRENCE ZIPURSKY is a Professor of Biological Chemistry and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. - JAMES DARNELL is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, Vincent - Astor Professor and Head of the Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, The Rockefeller University. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1147 pages
• Publisher: W H Freeman & Co (Sd); 3rd edition (March 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0716723808
• ISBN-13: 978-0716723806
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,201,699 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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41 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book on Cell Biology at the Molecular Level!, July 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Molecular Cell Biology (Hardcover)

An excellent textbook with a very clear writing style. Includes excellent diagrams and photographs to illustrate the text. The best of the lot. Personally, I would put this book well ahead of the similar book by Bruce Alberts et al., for its clarity and bredth of coverage.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive introduction, September 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Molecular Cell Biology (Hardcover)

I can only agree with the other reviewers. The explanations are detailed enough to get an idea of the amazing processes that occur at the molecular level. All necessary concepts are covered in the text; a biological background is not required. The growing importance of biotechnology in modern society makes this book required reading for anybody who wants to form a well informed opinion on the power and promises of this modern science.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for students, February 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Molecular Cell Biology (Hardcover)

I'm a student of Naturology in Portugal, and I find this book very useful when it comes to descriptions and explanations about the cell and the cicles of cell functioning. It as nearly every topic we students give in our classes, and the language of the book is very, very acessible. It is clearly recomended for students of Medicine, Biochemistry, Biology, Naturology, etc. etc.