Essential Cell Biology provides an accessible introduction to the fundamental concepts of cell biology. Its lively writing and exceptional illustrations make it the ideal textbook for a first course in cell and molecular biology. The text and figures are easy-to-follow, accurate, clear, and engaging for the introductory student. Molecular detail has been kept to a minimum in order to provide the reader with a cohesive, conceptual framework of the basic science that underlies our current understanding of biology.
The Third Edition is thoroughly updated scientifically, yet maintains the academic level and size of the previous edition. The book is accompanied by a Media DVD-ROM with over 130 animations and videos, all the figures from the book, and a new self-test quizzing feature for students.
New to this edition
- Completely updated throughout.
- Based on student and instructor feedback, the Third Edition now includes:
- Integration of cell cycle and cell division into a single chapter.
- Improved treatment of thermodynamics and energetics.
- Integration of multi-media throughout text.
- The addition of a quizzing feature to the Media Player.
- Greater focus on regulation, including new material on chromosome structure and epigenetics, post-transcriptional control (riboswitches, microRNAs, and RNAi), and metabolic controls.
- Additional attention to disease and medicine, including new material on quality control in protein production, cell-cell recognition, genetic variation, cancer treatments, and enhanced coverage of stem cells and their potential to treat disease.
- New treatment of genome evolution and comparative genomics.
- New coverage of modern recombinant DNA and cell visualization technologies.
- New "How We Know" sections.
- Revised Question Bank for instructors including questions that can be used with student response systems (i.e. clickers).
Key Features
- The authors are known worldwide for their research, teaching, writing, and leadership in science and science education.
- The text reflects the accuracy, authority, and currency of the renowned Molecular Biology of the Cell, but it is written at an introductory level.
- Concept headings descriptively introduce each section.
- The art program emphasizes central concepts without unnecessary detail.
- "How We Know" sections in every chapter introduce experimental science by explaining both the methods and scientific intuition of classical and current experiments.
- Questions interspersed throughout and at the end of each chapter test students' understanding and stimulate curiosity (all questions answered in the back of the book).
- Panels that concisely review basic science, principles, pathways, as well as other topics.
- Key terms in text listed at the end of each chapter.
- Detailed, illustrated glossary.
- "Essential Concepts" review for each chapter.
Contents
- 1. Introduction to Cells
- 2. Chemical Components of Cells
- 3. Energy, Catalysis, and Biosynthesis
- 4. Protein Structure and Function
- 5. DNA and Chromosomes
- 6. DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination
- 7. From DNA to Protein: How Cells Read the Genome
- 8. Control of Gene Expression
- 9. How Genes and Genomes Evolve
- 10. Manipulating Genes and Cells
- 11. Membrane Structure
- 12. Membrane Transport
- 13. How Cells Obtain Energy from Food
- 14. Energy Generation in Mitochondria and Chloroplasts
- 15. Intracellular Compartments and Transport
- 16. Cell Communication
- 17. Cytoskeleton
- 18. The Cell Division Cycle
- 19. Genetics, Meiosis, and the Molecular Basis of Heredity
- 20. Tissues and Cancer
Book Reviews
"College and university professors who have used the previous editions of ECB will be pleased with the new edition. The format and organization are retained but have been infused with fresh images and updated material. It’s as if a trusted old friend has come back from an extended vacation with a bright new look and a refreshed attitude. The reader is at once comfortable with and excited by the changes. New users of the textbook will find it accessible and approachable at the professorial and student levels….I highly recommend it to all CBE-Life Sciences Education readers who are also classroom educators."
-- By CBE-Life Sciences Education, Fall 2009
"This attractive, accessible, visually oriented text covers the fundamentals of cell biology required to understand biomedical and broader issues that affect students' lives."
-- By SciTech Book News, August 2009
Product Details
- Hardcover: 860 pages
- Publisher: Garland Science; 3 edition (March 27, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0815341296
- ISBN-13: 978-0815341291
- Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 1.4 inches
List Price: $144.00