Molecular Biology of the Cell is a cellular and molecular biology textbook published by W.W. Norton & Co and currently authored by Bruce Alberts, Rebecca Heald, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, and Peter Walter. The book was first published in 1983 by Garland Science and is now in its seventh edition. The molecular biologist James Watson contributed to the first three editions.
 Cover of the first edition | |
| Authors | Bruce Alberts, Rebecca Heald, Julian Lewis, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Cell biology |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Co. |
Publication date | 1983 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 1464 pp (sixth edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0-8153-4432-2 (hardcover), ISBN 978-0-8153-4524-4 (loose-leaf) |
| 571.6 22 | |
| LC Class | QH581.2 .M64 2015 |
Molecular Biology of the Cell is widely used in introductory courses at the university level, being considered a reference in many libraries and laboratories around the world. It describes the current understanding of cell biology and includes basic biochemistry, experimental methods for investigating cells, the properties common to most eukaryotic cells, the expression and transmission of genetic information, the internal organization of cells, and the behavior of cells in multicellular organisms.[1] Molecular Biology of the Cell has been described as "the most influential cell biology textbook of its time".[2] The sixth edition is dedicated to the memory of co-author Julian Lewis, who died in early 2014.
The book was the first to position cell biology as a central discipline for biology and medicine, and immediately became a landmark textbook.[3] It was written in intense collaborative sessions in which the authors lived together over periods of time,[3] organized by editor Miranda Robertson, then-Biology Editor of Nature.[4]
References
edit- ^ Molecular Biology of the Cell - Fourth Edition, Garland Science Textbooks
- ^ Friedberg, Errol C. (2005). The writing life of James D. Watson. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. ISBN 0-87969-700-8. OCLC 55887540.
- ^ a b Burton, Heather (1995). ""Still in Process": Collaborative Authorship in a Twentieth-Century Biomedical Textbook". Canadian Bulletin of Medical History. 12 (2): 373–384. doi:10.3138/cbmh.12.2.373. ISSN 0823-2105. PMID 11609086.
- ^ Janeway, Charles A. (2002). "A Trip Through my Life With an Immunological Theme". Annual Review of Immunology. 20 (1): 1–28. doi:10.1146/annurev.immunol.20.080801.102422. ISSN 0732-0582. PMID 11861595.
External links
edit- 7th edition official page
- 6th edition on Google Books
