molecular biology books

	Molecular Biology of the Cell
	By: Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter ISBN: 0815341059 Publisher: Garland Science Release Date: November, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 18589	this has everything the 4th edition had plus the latest discoveries within the past 5 years. GREAT book, but the only problem is that the last 5 chapters are in PDF format on an attached CD rather than in print (they did this to make the book more portable). If you want the full print version, buy the Reference edition. I'm sure this book was great in the 90s, but this is the 21st century, when you can buy the fourth edition. There has been a ton of advancement between 1994 and 2002.
	Molecular Biology of the Cell, Fourth Edition
	By: Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter ISBN: 0815332181 Publisher: Garland Release Date: March, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 6703	I spent $20 for overnight shipping and I ended up getting the book a week and half later. That caused me to get a C- on my first exam. Fedex actually ended up sending the book to the wrong person. Never us them, unless you want late stuff. Obviously, there are plenty of good reviews for The Cell and shouldn't require anymore to convey the point that it's a wonderful book. However, having just completed it, I can't resist adding another... <br />The Cell (4th Ed.) is by far the most informative and most well-organized book I've ever had the privilege of reading. It's well written, clear and concise (regarding each of its many topics), and would be accessible to anyone with just a slight familiarity with organic chem. <br />It took me three months to get through its 1462 pages, without skipping as much as a sentence, and it still left me desiring more when it finally came to end. It was THAT perfect. <br /> <br />I don't feel a need to address the subject matter specifically in this review. If you're considering reading this book, chances are you already know its contents. If not, check out any of the many in-depth reviews above & below. This is the best ever book i have gone through, which is good for a beginner to learn the biological aspects of the universe. this makes far easier to teach the cell-biology course follwing this book. the CD also helps a lot to understand it properly. <br /> <br />
	Molecular Biology of the Cell, Fifth Edition: The Problems Book
	By: John Wilson, Tim Hunt ISBN: 0815341105 Publisher: Routledge Release Date: 28 November, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 85373	This is a great book, and gets better with each edition. If you are taking cell biology out of MBOTC, and don't have this book, you're playing with one hand tied behind your back. And if you're just reading MBOTC for fun, get this book, do the problems, and you'll learn more than you would in many University level cell biology courses.
	Molecular Cell Biology
	By: Harvey Lodish, Arnold Berk, Chris A. Kaiser, Monty Krieger, Matthew P. Scott, Anthony Bretscher, Hidde Ploegh, Paul Matsudaira ISBN: 0716776014 Publisher: W. H. Freeman Release Date: 15 June, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 33460	This is the second copy of this book that I have (the first being the 5th ed.). It seems that the authors cannot settle on a cohesive system in which to arrange the material. Like the 5th ed., I think that the material does not follow a logical course of organization (but admittedly better than the last ed.). Nevertheless, the material presented is of good quality being that it is easy to understand and difficult to become lost in the material. Overall, it is a good book. The book was delivered the second day after booked on the net, and in a fair price. The seller sent my item quickly and it arrived exactly as it was described. Thank!
	Molecular Biology of the Gene (6th Edition)
	By: James D. Watson, Tania A. Baker, Stephen P. Bell, Alexander Gann, Michael Levine, Richard Losick, Inglis CSHLP ISBN: 080539592X Publisher: Benjamin Cummings Release Date: 15 December, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 76589	I got exactly what I ordered, nothing more, nothing less. It arrived within 7 days of placing my order. I would not hesitate to order from this seller again. Molecular Biology of the Gene written by James D. Watson is one of the best texts on biology of the molecular level. With ample illustrations this makes a wonderful text for students and those who want to learn more about the primary structures of proteins and the interplay between them.<p>Molecular genetics is but one part of the whole of biology, the nature of cells and how they divide, but this book makes an attempt to address both in a seemless fashion. Genetic code, the replication of viruses and the control of protein synthesis are all a part of this book.<p>I found the narrative to be straight forward and very understandable as the author makes the point in a logical and lucid manor. You will need some schooling in the biological sciences as this is not a book for the novice. This text will give the biologist of the future the rigor, the perspective, and the enthusiasm that will be needed to bridge the gap between the single cell and the complexities of higher organisms.<p>This is an excellent text. This book gives a better understanding and representation of recombinant DNA procedures. All topics relevant to Molecular Biology of the Gene has been addressed in a lucid manner with excellent description and illustrations. A lot of progress had been made in this field hence. But this is a must buy for students as well as educators of molecular biology.
	Molecular Biology of the Cell: Reference Edition
	By: Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter ISBN: 0815341113 Publisher: Garland Science Release Date: 14 November, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 125601	Dr Dotson's comments on the price of textbooks are well taken, but he maybe should have mentioned that the previous (4th) edition of MBOTC was available online for free for at least the last two years, at <br />[...] <br />along with many other fine health science and molecular biology books, many of them the most recent edition, some down loadable as PDFs. <br /> <br />It remains to be seen if Bruce Alberts can prevail on Garland to make the current edition available on line as well. <br /> <br />It may also be worth mentioning that selling used textbooks online through Amazon is very easy, and if you sell them before a new edition comes out, you often can recoup 1/3 to 1/2 of original purchase price. So as soon as you know that one of those expensive tomes on your shelf is a dog, list it online immediately while it still has value. And if on the other hand you know you will have to get the new edition of a book when it is available, dump the previous edition just before a new one is due, and use the money toward the new edition. The publishers have made the standard edition (ISBN-10: 0815341059) of MBOTC more "portable" by not printing the final 5 chapters of the book, but including them as electronic files on the DVD. While these chapters are included, in print, in this reference edition (0815341113), take a look at the price differential between the two. If, as publishers might like us to believe, portability is such a great feature for a textbook, then why should students be expected to pay a premium for this less than portable reference edition? <br /> <br />The chapters in question are: <br />21-Sexual Reproduction: Meiosis, Germ Cells, and Fertilization <br />22-Development of Multicellular Organisms <br />23-Specialized Tissues, Stem Cells, and Tissue Renewal <br />24-Pathogens, Infection, and Innate Immunity <br />25-The Adaptive Immune System <br /> <br />With the 4th edition there were 25 printed chapters and 1616 pages: $5.68/printed chapter, or ~8.8 cents/page based on my calculations using list price info. With the regular 5th edition, 20 printed chapters, 1268 pages: $7.10/printed chapter, or ~11.2 cents/page. And with the reference edtition, 25 printed chapters and 1728 pages: $8.36/printed chapter, or ~12.1 cents/page. So the page cost for this reference edition has increased by over 1/3 as compared to the last edition, and is about 8% higher than for the regular 5th edition. Admittedly, I am a major geek for actually doing these calculations. <br /> <br />I am giving the book 2 stars for content, because it really is a solid resource for learning molecular biology. However, with so many students carrying a heavy burden of debt upon graduation, it's a shame to see the continuing trend of exorbitant prices for the best texts, making them just another contributor to the problems with education today. I love reading but being an MD I find myself recently hovering around molecular biology books (a subject which I feel very week in). Well this morning I completed a 2 week Odyssey of reading this magnificent text. Full of wonderful colorful diagrams with vivid explanations have made this subject readily discoverable for me some 15 years after med school. Technology galore should be the caption for this book. It is amazing and how clever these scientist have become in examining the cell. Obviously the mega geniuses currently reside in this field of science and medicine with the recent completion of the Human Genome. Science now is so sophisticated as compared to 1991 when I graduated Med School it humbles me to think that I can still decipher these methods of investigation with PCA etc. Any well versed pre med student will need to read diligently and research their biochemistry and Protein Structure for this Three dimensional explanation of Molecular Biology but once achieved you will feel like an ocean of knowledge awaits your imagination. I can tell you were I in Med school now i would have done some summer time project in the molecular biology division at my school because the nuances of this field are so full of imagery. Like a great novel or movie. Each way we trick the body into not or into investigating itself is so insightful I never would have thought of these investigatory principles. This is a straightforward and well designed text. I will reread it this summer. Perhaps I should look for a grant to do some Female Pelvic Floor Molecular Biology but I will need to find a good PhD to help guide the projects I am thinking of. Yes, I know someone to actually do the experiments while i get the right tissue in the operating room and fund these ideas. Good reading is here for the professional or aspiring scientist or physician. They should require all surgeons to have to read or take a molecular biology course every 10 years. It really opens your horizons of investigation and thought processes.
	Histology: A Text and Atlas: With Correlated Cell and Molecular Biology (Histology (Ross))
	By: Michael H Ross, Wojciech Pawlina ISBN: 0781772214 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Release Date: 01 July, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 222575	This is an excellent text for medical histology. I have read this book cover to cover twice and highlighted the heck out of it. My opinion is that if you know this book, you will know general medical histology. At times the material is much more detailed than you will need to get through your Histo course, but it is well worth it for developing a greater depth of understanding. The book has excellent microphotographs and illustrations throughout, so you won't be left wanting when the text gets really dense. Be forewarned though, this book has numerous errors. Most of them are small (like typesetting, spelling, and figure labels) but others are more fundamental mis-statements (or perhaps misleading statements) about molecular mechanisms and processes. These problems do not take away from the value of the text however, since the more significant errors are usually in the minutia and may just be a product of the publication lagging behind our evolving understanding of different processes. I would definitely buy and read this book again. This text has been helpful while studying cell biology and histology in medical school. The images and accompanying text are both high quality. I think that it could be improved in some instances by adding more electron microscopy images along with the light microscopy. This Histology book is the most thorough and well-written text out there. If you have no background in Histology, this book can be quite intimidating because it is content-rich. I was very overwhelmed when I first started with this book for undergrad, but now that I have gotten through it and read other titles for med school, I believe that this book is the best. It teaches Histology in a way that prepares you to be a real pathologist, using mostly light micrographs and tons of clinical correlations. Other Histology texts (e.g. [[ASIN:1416029451 Color Textbook of Histology: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access]]) treat the subject as a general learning tool rather than as a core component of your potential specialty. They use more (and less-detailed) illustrations and electron micrographs with fewer clinical correlations and light micrographs. <br /> <br />Still, I would be hard-pressed to recommend this book to medical students if the book was not already required. It is probably more detailed than any medical school Histology course will be, and as a med student, your time is everything! Your time will probably be better spent in gross. Still, if you know that pathology is something you are interested in, this book is a great introduction to Histology and will better prepare you for your career than any other text.
	Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments
	By: Gerald Karp ISBN: 0470042176 Publisher: Wiley Release Date: 01 February, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 49204	The book looks suspiciously skinny for a cell biology book but it really is so well written that the author made it comprehensive without being too wordy. Although lots of people swear by the Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th Edition (Bruce Alberts et al... and I own that one too), I found it too wordy and not as fun to read. This book however is lucidly written and has everything that a graduate student or senior undergrad would need to know in Cell Biology. <br /> <br />I used Cell and Molecular Biology (I just called it Gerald Karp after the author) extensively during my undergrad and am still using it in graduate school (I'm getting my Masters in Microbiology). <br /> <br /> Cell and Molecular Biology by Gerald Karp is surpassed only in diagram clarity and simplicity by Cooper and Hausman's "The Cell: A Molecular Approach" which has the best diagrams of all cell biology textbooks but is slightly less comprehensive (I own that one too!). The book is neatly arranged and the continuity of topics within a chapter and from chapter to chapter is very good unlike Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th Edition. <br /> <br />Although sold separately for something like $38.00, the book has an associated study workbook sort of thing with it that is pretty good for testing your knowledge in the important and tricky concepts. For every chapter in the textbook there is a section of multiple choice questions, a section of experimental-data interpretation questions, a section of thought questions, and explain the role of each of the following" type questions. All questions except the thought questions come with answers. And there is a review of the key topics in the textbook for every chapter. I would greatly recommend buying the text and the study book together, especially if you're gearing to take exams like the Subject GRE. I've come to appreciate this book more and more over its succeeding editions. It has now replaced both the Alberts et al. and the Lodish et al. books (both nevertheless excellent) as my favorite textbook on cell and molecular biology. <br /> <br />It is concise, covers a very large range of subjects and has very clear graphics. I think it is better balanced than many of its competitors in the sense that the reader never gets the impression that the author sacrificed certain subjects to give more room to his favorite ones. On many occasions, I was surprised to find things in here that I couldn't find in the bigger (and more "fundamental") Alberts and Lodish. <br /> <br />It references papers and review articles that are very current, and is very up to date on its content. <br /> <br />I think Gerald Karp is doing a very good job with each new iteration of this book and I will recommend it to my students. This is one of the most complete and easy-to-read book ever! I have studied with Gerald Karp books since I was an undergraduate student (Biochemistry, and Karp book was always by my side, very useful). This book explain the cellular metabolism, structures (cytoskeleton, microtubules, filaments, genes,relations between genes and proteins, DNA repair, cell cycle, cell signalling, lot of concepts that are not easy to understand at first, Karp does it very simple. You will love this book. I can strongly recommend it. Another excellent book I can recommend is Molecular Biology of the CELL by Bruce Alberts....is excellent! and before you take an exam, I will suggest the "Outline of Molecular and Cell Biology" by the Schaum's series. Well, that's it for now, I wish you the best in your career (I have been there, I know how hard it can be and choose the proper books!) and always remember, keep working and practicing, because practice make the Master!! :) <br />Your friend, <br />Laura Fazio <br />MSc Immunology - Biochemist
	High-Yield Cell and Molecular Biology, 2nd Edition (High-Yield Series)
	By: Ronald W Dudek ISBN: 078176887X Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Release Date: 01 November, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 11444	This was the perfect supplement to FA. Though it does go into greater detail than necessary sometimes, I felt like I learned every molecular biology concept that could possibly be tested on the USMLE and earned great marks on Qbank. If you have time to read it in early Spring, you should and then not worry about CMB for the rest of the study session. I'm a IMG studying for step 1.So far the best tool for studying the topics for step 1 in genetics and mollecular biology.Having already taken and failed step 1 I recommend this book for everyone specially IMG as a very useful and complete material for the test.It gives you just what you need and is far more complete in this matter than First Aid(althought I love the later for review) I only read the first 2 chapters, but it was enough to make me turn to another molecular bio source! This book is EXTREMELY detailed. I mean, really --- do you really need to know difference between all of the different types of spinocerebellar ataxia for the boards? How about 30+ different ion transporters throughout the body? This book might work if you're good at filtering out unnecessary detail --- but doesn't that defeat the purpose of a board review book? For Step 1, I ended up using the previous edition of HY Cell and Molecular Bio, and it was perfect. A quick read, but just enough detail to get me through the molecular questions on Step 1. Good luck!
	Molecular Biology Made Simple and Fun, Third Edition
	By: David P. Clark ISBN: 1889899070 Publisher: Cache River Press Release Date: 30 April, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 240482	[[ASIN:1419683004 Biotechnology: A Comprehensive Curriculum Guide for a One Semester Course at the High School (grades 11-12) or Community College Level]] <br /> <br />This book was a life saver as I developed a biotechnology curriculum for grades 11-12. Not only is the information readable, it is presented in a "light" and humorous manner which makes high school students more likely to actually read the assignments! I used this as a primary resource and list it in my own Biotechnology Curriculum guide as a must have. I am a biostatistician in the molecular diagnostic field. I have very little training in molecular biology. This book is a great help for me to get the basics in order to communicate better with my bioloist colleagues. I can not recommend highly enough. This book is advertised as a text for the lay person that can also serve as a textbook for levels ranging from high school to graduate school. Unfortunately, this is a drawback, as the book tries to be all things to all people. The book is written in a conversational style and makes use of numerous cartoon drawings in its explanations. Most of the diagrams are very helpful. However, some drawings are somewhat juvenile and cheesy with faces drawn on enzymes, for example. Extra wide margins contain definitions of words used in the adjacent text as well as occasional jokes and anecdotes. Molecular terms are redefined whenever they are used, so you can skip around in the book with no problem understanding what is being presented. <br /> <br />The introductory chapter compares the molecular biology revolution with the industrial revolution. The next few chapters review bacteria, basic genetics, and the molecular basis of heredity. These are followed by chapters on the basics of DNA replication, transcription, and proteins. All these fundamentals are very well covered, and the diagrams illustrate the points well. <br /> <br />The next few chapters review various techniques including gene transfer in bacteria, with subjects such as transformation and plasmids being well covered. There is also coverage of DNA manipulation including purification, restriction enzymes, and agarose gel electrophoresis. Other chapters concerning methodology cover PCR and DNA sequencing. There is a very good chapter on transgenics that includes micro-injection, knock-outs, and reporter genes. One chapter is devoted specifically to the techniques of molecular biology. This contains a rather brief overview of a wide array of techniques such as bandshift assays, detection systems, FACS, and RFLP that could easily have been expanded. Other chapters focus on the applied side of molecular technology with discussions of topics such as biotechnology products and forensic medicine. The book also brings the subject matter home with very good chapters on inherited diseases as well as cancer and aging, and shows how biology at the molecular level comes into play in each of these matters. <br /> <br />Overall, there is a strong emphasis on DNA at the expense of RNA. Similarly, there is not much information on protein analysis. Even the authors cannot keep up with the speed of the molecular biology revolution, since a number of current popular techniques, such as differential display and quantitative PCR, are only briefly mentioned or are not even included. <br /> <br />Overall, Molecular Biology Made Simple and Fun contains" some useful information, especially with respect to DNA techniques and applications. This book would probably be most applicable as a supplementary textbook for an introductory college class on molecular biology or as a reference guide to look up unfamiliar molecular techniques, such as ones that might be encountered in journal articles. I think it might be too advanced for high school students. I found it a fairly accessible read and very informative, and my background is in engineering and computer science, not biology, other than what I took as a college undergraduate. I highly recommend it. <br /> <br />The table of contents is as folows: <br />1. Introduction. <br />2. Bacteria: The Molecular BIologists's Guinea Pigs <br />3. Basic Genetics <br />4. Required Reading: The Molecular Basis of Heredity <br />5. Duplicating the DNA: Replication. <br />6. Getting the Message Out: Transcription of Genes to Produce Messenger RNA <br />7. Proteins: The Buck Stops Here <br />8. Gene Transfer in Bacteria <br />9. Messing About with DNA <br />10. Products from BIotechnology <br />11. Genetic Organization in Higher Organisms <br />12. Mutations: Things That Go Bump in the Night <br />13. Inherited Human Disease <br />14. Cancer and Aging <br />15. Down on the Farm: Transgenic Plants and Animals <br />16. Just Do It! Techniques of Molecular BIology <br />17. PCR: The Polymerase Chain Reaction and Its Many Uses <br />18. Whodunit? Forensic Medicine and Molecular Biology <br />19. Gene Creatures, Part I: Viruses, Viroids and Plasmids <br />20. Gene Creatures, Part II: Jumping Genes and Junk DNA <br />21. Biological Warfare <br />22. The Molecular Defense Initiative: Your Immune System at Work <br />23. Sequencing DNA <br />24. Molecular Evolution: Memories of "The Way We Were" <br />25. Classification: BIology for the Neurotic and the Obsessive-Compulsive <br />26. A Brief History of Molecular Biology <br />27. Molecular Biology: A Millenial Update <br />28. What Was Said - What Was Meant: Understanding a Seminar in Molecular Biology. <br />