Molecular Cell Biology (Book with CD-Dom for Windows and MacIntosh) 4TH BK&CDR

• Coverage streamlined to illustrate points with a select few paradigmatic examples and/or experiments, eliminate redundancies, and delete rarely used chapters and sections. Topics traditionally spread over several chapters have been consolidated.
• Increased pedagogical support and flexibility to help the student easily find, review, and master the material. For example, major sections are numbered, begin with an overview, and conclude with a bulleted summary that brings the student "up for air." Supplements are now organized by section, rather than by chapter (see Supplements).
• New discoveries include genome sequencing and the human genome project (Ch. 7), DNA "chip" microarray technology (Ch. 7), chromosome "painting" (Ch. 9), newly-identified tumor suppressor genes, SNARES and other proteins involved in vesicular traffic, development in the model organism Arabidopsis (Ch. 14), activation of geneexpression triggered by cell surface receptors, essential features of cell-sgnalling pathways (Ch. 20) and detecting chromosomal translocations in cancer cells (Ch. 24)
• New chapter on cell interactions in development (Ch. 23)
• A new CD-ROM, developed by the authors, is closely integrated with the text to provide students with a richer learning experience (see Supplements).
• Consistent art program: All art has been rendered for a consistent look and feel across the book and between text figures and animations on the CD-ROM.
• Increased student interest features include:
  • Medical, biotech, and plant biology applications that are highlighted in context
  • MCAT/GRE-style questions for self-testing
  • "Perspectives for the Future" sections that explore the potential applications of future discoveries and the unanswered questions that lie ahead in research.
  • "Perspectives in the Literature" sections that send students to the original literature to answer complex thought questions.