Cell a Molecular Approach

Because molecular and cellular biology is such an exciting and rapidly moving area of science, teaching it at the undergraduate level is a rewarding, yet challenging, task. The Cell: A Molecular Approach meets this challenge by providing students with not only the most current information, but also with an introduction to the experimental nature of contemporary research. Designed for use in introductory cell biology courses, The Cell presents current comprehensive science in a readable and cohesive text that students can master in the course of one semester. The new Third Edition of The Cell retains the organization, themes, and special features of earlier editions, but is updated to reflect scientific advances since publication of the Second Edition in 2000, including: * progress that has been made in genome sequencing * advances in understanding transcriptional regulation and mRNA processing * the use of DNA microarrays in global studies of gene expression and cancer diagnostics * advances in nuclear transport and protein trafficking * progress in understanding the regulation of programmed cell death * potential medical applications of embryonic stem cells * the development of oncogene-targeted cancer treatments