Molecular Biology of the Cell

Useful book that I purchased as a student and still reference to this day. Content is easy to understand and well ordered, explaining the specifics without being too overwhelming. Excellet for a college level class or for those looking to further their understanding of molecular biologists.

I am humbled to write one of the first reviews of this great work of science. As an introduction, I am not a scientist and have studied cell biology as a hobby for 50 years. I want to tell you why I call this work the Queen of Cell Biology Textbooks. It may be 1404 pages , but research in cell biology has exploded since I graduated college in 1969. This is only a five authored book, unlike encyclopedias of cell biology, and I think it should be read from beginning to end to have the whole experience of the magnificent research that has occurred since. The mysteries of the cell are unending, and each discovery starting from the structure of DNA in 1952 to mRNA vaccines in 2021 has profound significance for mankind's journey into the micro-world. As an example of the teaching techniques, consider the chapter on Control of Gene Expression. Every new or complicated concept is explained three times: in the text, in the accompanying illustration, and in the caption of the illustration. Every time I have been confused by the text, the two back explanations clear it up. There is meticulous attention to teaching throughout the book; it is not written just for the scientist who works in the lab or for graduate student; it is written by just a few authors to teach anyone who wants to tackle the challenge of understanding the cell just for its beauty and meticulous construction. Buy the hard cover text for a permanent place in your library of the cell. Congratulations to the authors who have done a great job. Thomas Weisman MD Tucson, Arizona

I just completed my first reading of this book to familiarize myself with the material. The book is well organized and a feature that is very helpful is the cross referencing of material to other parts of the book or illustrations is included in the pertinent text. Many of the movies did not activate for me, likely due to wifi issues at Starbucks. Those that did were helpful in making the processes understandable. Unfortunately, I cannot access the problem section as I do not have a professor to grant me access so I cannot comment on that part of the book. Clearly this is the definitive textbook in this field just as Norton touts it to be. Highly recommended to those interested in the field. I am reading it as background for Rich's Clinical Immunology.

This is the best textbook on molecular cell biology!

I'm so impressed! I read and skimmed through the ninth edition of Molecular Cell Biology (Lodish, et al) after it came out in January 2021, and liked it (and learned a lot). But, although I'm only on chapter 2 in this book (I looked through it to see if it stays so good, and it does, although I might skip a chapter or two), I REALLY like this book! I'm so glad I got it. It came out a year and a half after the Lodish book, but it seems that a lot has happened in molecular biology of the cell since then. I continue to be astounded by both how life works and how much scientists has discovered exactly how life works. A continuing adventure for me (I majored in engineering a long time ago, but I still want to know how everything works). ADDENDUM I'm skimming through the book now, and I have to say that this book seems to be encyclopedic in scope. No one could remember it all. But I'm still learning the surface of what's new, and it's still fascinating. I have noticed that different sections, being written by different authors, repeat some parts of previous sections, but I accept the obvious, that different authors have different specialties (they'd have to).

I enjoy the book and ebook access, but the publisher refuses to grant access to the digital version of the problems book without a professor assigning it, even though it is advertised as coming with the purchase of a new book. I purchased this edition rather than the 6th so that I could have the most up-to-date information and because this problems book was included digitally.

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Un ouvrage qui va au fond des choses, très long et difficile, mais bien illustré et complété par des images et des vidéos bluffantes! Recommandé même pour les professeurs de biologie désireux de motiver leurs élèves. Un grand merci à tous les chercheurs qui nous permettent enfin de comprendre pourquoi chez les chats seules les femelles peuvent avoir 3 couleurs, comment fait un embryon pour générer les organes au bon endroit, pourquoi on a des cancers et pourquoi nous devons respecter la nature et éviter l'alcool et d'autres poisons pour ne pas compromettre le développement d'un bébé... Par ailleurs, la première édition vantait ouvertement le génie de l'évolution. Après 30 ans de progrès de la science, la septième édition est nettement plus prudente sur le sujet. Corollaire: chacun des mécanismes et molécules décrits au fil des 1500 pages est l'oeuvre d'un concepteur dont le génie nous dépasse, rien n'est laissé au hasard, tout fonctionne harmonieusement. Un exemple: le principe élémentaire de l'évolution est que des formes simples évoluent vers des organismes plus complexes. Pourtant les mitochondries essentielles à toute cellule comportent des molécules rotatives de 500.000 daltons. La complexité est partout, mais aussi le génie de la simplicité, comme les gènes qui codent plusieurs protéines, selon le sens de la lecture et les parties du code qui sont activées... etc, etc. Une étude approfondie de la vie peut nous aider à respecter la vie et la nature qui nous entoure. De plus, la trajectoire actuelle de l'humanité mène au suicide collectif, maiscet ouvrage renforce ma conviction que le Créateur s'intéresse encore à sa création et détruira ceux qui détruisent la terre (Rev 11:18, fin) avant qu'il ne soit trop tard. Aucun être intelligent n'investirait tout ce génie dans un projet éphémère. Et merci aux auteurs pour tout le travail accompli !

Comprehensive and beautifully illustrated, this text has been popular for 7 editions over more than a generation, and the new edition is only one year old. Still useful for grad students for review of everything outside their specific project, where even more uptodate articles and more detailed methodology descriptions are likely needed.

Great book. Thorough, current, clearly written.

Llegó en súper buen estado!!!

Interesantísimo libro. Es lo mejor para entender la biología molecular, y viene también con una versión en PDF