Molecular Biology of the Cell - Student Edition - With DVD - 5th edition

Bruce Alberts, is president of the National Academy of Sciences and chair of the National Research Council, the principal operating arm of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering. He is a respected biochemist recognized for his work in both biochemistry and molecular biology and is known particularly for his extensive molecular analyses of the protein complexes that allow chromosomes to be replicated. Alberts joined the faculty of Princeton University in 1966 and after ten years moved to the medical school of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). In 1980, he was awarded an American Cancer Society lifetime research professorship. In 1985, he was named chair of the UCSF department of biochemistry and biophysics. Alberts is one of the principal authors of "The Molecular Biology of the Cell," now in its third edition, considered the leading advanced textbook in this field and used widely in U.S. colleges and universities. His most recent text, "Essential Cell Biology," is intended to present this subject matter to a wider audience. He is committed to the improvement of science education; he helped to create City Science, a program for improving science teaching in San Francisco elementary schools.

Table of Contents
Special Features
List of Topics
Acknowledgments
A Note to the Reader
Pt. I Introduction to the Cell
1 Cells and Genomes 3
2 Cell Chemistry and Biosynthesis 47
3 Proteins 129
Pt. II Basic Genetic Mechanisms
4 DNA and Chromosomes 191
5 DNA Replication, Repair, and Recombination 235
6 How Cells Read the Genome: From DNA to Protein 299
7 Control of Gene Expression 375
Pt. III Methods
8 Manipulating Proteins, DNA, and RNA 469
9 Visualizing Cells 547
Pt. IV Internal Organization of the Cell
10 Membrane Structure 583
11 Membrane Transport of Small Molecules and the Electrical Properties of Membranes 615
12 Intracellular Compartments and Protein Sorting 659
13 Intracellular Vesicular Traffic 711
14 Energy Conversion: Mitochondria and Chloroplasts 767
15 Cell Communication 831
16 The Cytoskeleton 907
17 The Cell Cycle and Programmed Cell Death 983
18 The Mechanics of Cell Division 1027
Pt. V Cells in their Social Context
19 Cell Junctions, Cell Adhesion, and the Extracellular Matrix 1065
20 Germ Cells and Fertilization 1127
21 Development of Multicellular Organisms 1157
22 Histology: The Lives and Deaths of Cells in Tissues 1259
23 Cancer 1313
24 The Adaptive Immune System 1363
25 Pathogens, Infection, and Innate Immunity 1423
Glossary
Index
Tables: The Genetic Code, Amino Acids