The Cell - Hardcover

Cooper, Geoffrey M.; Hausman, Robert E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 087893300X ISBN 13: 9780878933006

Publisher: Sinauer Associates, 2009

Synopsis

Designed for use in shorter introductory cellular biology courses, The Cell presents current comprehensive science in a readable and cohesive text. The fifth edition retains the overall organization, themes, and special features that made the previous edition so popular, but has been updated throughout to reflect major advances in the field. 

The book is supported by a companion website (www.sinauer.com/cooper5e), which offers a wealth of study and review material as well as rich multimedia resources including: quizzes, animations of key concepts and processes, chapter summaries, and a collection of video microscopy showing biological processes in action.

About this title

Book Description:

Provides students with the most current information, a conceptual framework, and an introduction to the experimental nature of contemporary research in the field of cellular biology

About the Author:

GEOFFREY M. COOPER is Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology at Boston University, USA. Dr. Cooper's research is focused on understanding the roles of oncogene proteins in the signalling pathways that regulate cell proliferation and programmed cell death.

ROBERT E. HAUSMAN is Professor and Graduate Director of the Department of Biology at Boston University, USA. His research is focused on understanding how interactions between cells and between cells and the extracellular matrix affect differentiation and morphogenesis.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sinauer Associates
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 087893300X
• ISBN 13: 9780878933006
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 750