by Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Karen Hopkin, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter · Garland Science/Taylor & Francis Group · tapa dura · ISBN 9780815334804
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«Essential Cell Biology» is the cell biology textbook by Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray and others, published by Garland Science in hardcover.
Introductory manual to cell biology explaining how cells work: chemical components, proteins, DNA, gene expression, membranes, energy production, cell communication, cytoskeleton and division. It also covers gene manipulation and the molecular basis of heredity, with diagrams and color images.
Second edition, published in 2003 by Garland Science/Taylor & Francis Group. 740 pages, in English. Includes index and bibliographic references.
Didactic approach for university students of biology and life sciences who need a clear conceptual foundation about the cell.
Bruce Michael Alberts is an American biochemist and the Emeritus Chancellor's Leadership Chair in Biochemistry and Biophysics for Science and Education at the University of California, San Francisco. He has done important work studying the protein complexes which enable chromosome replication when living cells divide. He is known as an original author of the "canonical, influential, and best-selling scientific textbook" Molecular Biology of the Cell, and served as Editor-in-Chief of Science magazine. He was awarded the National Medal of Science for "intellectual leadership and experimental innovation in the field of DNA replication, and for unparalleled dedication to improving science education and promoting science-based public policy" in 2014.
