molecular biology books

	Essentials of Molecular Biology, Fourth Edition
	By: George Malacinski ISBN: 0763721336 Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. Release Date: 25 January, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 769347	Unfortunately, I could not disagree with my fellow reviewer more...<p>I was introduced to this text while a student in Dr. Malacinski's own molecular biology class at Indiana University. While I learned a great deal from the class itself, I found this book to be utterly disappointing in more ways than one. While he is undoubtedly a great teacher, Dr. Malacinski is a terrible author. His explanations of even the simplest concepts are confusing at best and downright confounding at their worst. Often, the book uses long, languid syntax to explain basic ideas, and in doing so, loses track of the fundamental basis of the concepts it is trying to elucidate. It seems to me as though Dr. Malacinski's purpose in writing an introductory textbook would be better served by offering his readers short, direct, and to-the-point explanations (such as those offered in the "Student Companion.") The trichromatic layout of all the book's diagrams make their interpretation difficult, and do little to provide the reader with relief from the bland nature of the prose. The text's lack of detailed color photographs is equally maddening - more than once when attempting to study one of the book's photographs, I felt as though I were staring at a "magic eye" collage rather than an electron micrograph. Additionally, Dr. Malacinski's attempts of to interject his personal opinions and imbibe his readers with enthusiasm for the subjects being treated feel trite and unnecessary. The text skims over many fundamental issues relevant to the study of molecular biology - most notably in its almost non-existent coverage of proteins and their role in molecular biology. I was equally disappointed in the book's total lack of coverage (or even introduction to) more advanced concepts in the field, particularly eukaryotic molecular biology. Although aptly titled "Essentials of Molecular Biology," students intending to pursue more advanced studies in the fields of biochemistry and molecular/cell biology will be poorly served by the book's complete omission of these advanced concepts. Altogether, while this book is one of the few molecular biology textbooks specifically designed for use in a one-semester undergraduate introductory course, many of the "more advanced" textbooks available provide a more comprehensive and easily understandable treatment of the material covered in this text. To those with a sincere interest in learning about both the concepts and breadth of molecular biology, I recommend "Molecular Biology of the Cell" (4th ed.) by Alberts et al, "Molecular Cell Biology" (4th ed.) by Lodish et al, and "Biochemistry" (5th ed.) by Berg and Stryer as alternatives to this book. I read this book at the library and was highly impressed with the mode of explaination and representation. The book is highly informative giving the explaination with the best lucid way and the figures too are at the right places. How so ever the book would have been still more better if the method given at many places would have been clubbed with the major draw backs and precautionary steps.<p>All in one it is a very useful book to be obtained by the biologists working on the field<p>Vishal Shah
	Coping with Methuselah: The Impact of Molecular Biology on Medicine and Society
	By: Henry J., Ed. Aaron ISBN: 0815700393 Publisher: Brookings Institution Press Release Date: 2004 Bioscience book rank: 1028167
	Cell and Molecular Biology, Binder Ready Version: Concepts and Experiments
	By: Gerald Karp ISBN: 0471938157 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Release Date: 30 June, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 1343394
	BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach - Annotated Teacher's Edition
	By: Jon Greenberg ISBN: 0538694084 Publisher: Everyday Learning Corporation Release Date: 2001 Bioscience book rank: 407840
	Bioconjugation Protocols: Strategies and Methods (Methods in Molecular Biology) (Methods in Molecular Biology)
	By: Christof M. Niemeyer ISBN: 1588290980 Publisher: Humana Press Release Date: 10 June, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 1064009
	GRE Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology (Graduate Record Examination Series, Gre-22)
	By: Jack Rudman ISBN: 0837352223 Publisher: National Learning Corp Release Date: 01 January, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 769470	This is a terrible, terrible book. The questions are either far too simple, suited for a biology GRE or completely worthless: What was the name of the chimpanzee that spent 38 years with Jane Goodall? If anyone can explain how that relates to biochem, cell or molecular biology, I will eat the book. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS BOOK! ABSOLUTLEY WORTHLESS! The book's content is totally unrelated to the GRE, and moreover, I checked the library and found different copyright dates for the same edition of the same exact title. I agree with everyone else who said not to buy this book. It offers no suggestions on the test and is just a bunch of questions. It is absolutely worthless. The only reason i bought it was because it was the only one available at the time. Download the free practice test and outline from the GRE website and you will certainly do better than if you wasted your money on this.
	Immunological Tolerance: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology) (Methods in Molecular Biology)
	By: Paul J. Fairchild ISBN: 1588296520 Publisher: Humana Press Release Date: 08 June, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 1344832
	Prokaryotic Gene Expression (Frontiers in Molecular Biology)
	By: Simon Baumberg ISBN: 0199636044 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Release Date: 29 July, 1999 Bioscience book rank: 1354382
	Mycotoxin Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology) (Methods in Molecular Biology)
	By: Mary W. Trucksess, Albert E. Pohland ISBN: 0896036235 Publisher: Humana Press Release Date: 15 January, 2001 Bioscience book rank: 1286383
	Practical Bioinformatics (Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology)
	By: Janusz M. Bujnicki ISBN: 3540742670 Publisher: Springer Release Date: 16 November, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 1322366