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World of the Cell, The, 7/E
Wayne M. Becker, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Lewis J. Kleinsmith, University of Michigan
Jeff Hardin, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Gregory Paul Bertoni, Columbus State Community College

ISBN-10: 0805393935
ISBN-13: 9780805393934

Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
Copyright: 2009
Format: Cloth Bound with PIN; 912 pp
Published: 02/19/2008

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Continuing the tradition of its widely-praised previous editions, The World of the Cell, Seventh Edition, covers at the right depth and clarity– bioinformatics, bioenergetics, metabolism, enzyme kinetics, thermodynamics, membrane transport, cell signaling, regulatory mechanisms, transcription and translation, signal transduction, and DNA replication and recombination.

The new edition features information on Micro RNAis, other modern molecular techniques, and recent research advances without overwhelming students in detail. The World of the Cell's trademark features–art that teaches, Multi-level Problem Sets, and Concept Statements–have been augmented with new, time-saving study tools and “Mini-captions” for selected figures.

Features

A superior, pedagogically effective art program helps students learn the process of science, not just the facts, and has been enhanced in the Seventh Edition with two new types of Mini-captions.
Multi-level Problem Sets at the end of each chapter help develop students' ability to analyze data, make generalizations and predictions, and apply their understanding to new situations.
Techniques are introduced in the context of their use, which assists students' understanding while underscoring the importance of each technique. A Guide to Techniques and Methods helps readers locate the descriptions of experimental techniques and findings that are included in each chapter.
Boxed Essays–Further Insights, Experimental Techniques, and Human Applications –give students insight into intriguing and exciting aspects of cell biology.
All of the figures and micrographs are provided in PowerPoint^® format on the Instructor Resource CD-ROM, along with animations from the companion website.

New To This Edition

Two new types of Mini-captions are incorporated into selected figures to help students grasp concepts more quickly.
- Text Box Mini-captions describe events taking place in various locations within a diagram.
- Step Circle Mini-captions point to various steps within a sequential pathway and describe the events occurring at each step.
A Bulleted Summary of Key Points has been added to the end of each chapter and briefly describe the main points from each section of the chapter
Making Connections highlight connections among chapters and help students organize the material and keep sight of major course themes. Making Connections appear in every chapter, and they replace the Perspective sections from the previous edition.
Content Updates have been added throughout the book and include extensive new coverage of MicroRNA and MicroRNAi (Chapter 23) to keep the text current while still maintaining the book’s manageable length.

Table of Contents

1. A Preview of the Cell

2. The Chemistry of the Cell

3. The Macromolecules of the Cell

4. Cells and Organelles

5. Bioenergetics: The Flow of Energy in the Cell

6. Enzymes: The Catalysts of Life

7. Membranes: Their Structure, Function, and Chemistry

8. Transport Across Membranes: Overcoming the Permeability Barrier

9. Chemotrophic Energy Metabolism: Glycolysis and Fermentation

10. Chemotrophic Energy Metabolism: Aerobic Respiration

11. Phototrophic Energy Metabolism: Photosynthesis

12. The Endomembrane System and Peroxisomes

13. Signal Transduction Mechanisms: I. Electrical and Synaptic Signaling in Neurons

14. Signal Transduction Mechanisms: II. Messengers and Receptors

15. Cytoskeletal Systems

16. Cellular Movement: Motility and Contractility

17. Beyond the Cell: Cell Adhesion, Cell Junctions, and Extracellular Structures

18. The Structural Basis of Cellular Information: DNA, Chromosomes, and the Nucleus

19. The Cell Cycle, DNA Replication, and Mitosis

20. Sexual Reproduction, Meiosis, and Genetic Recombination

21. Gene Expression: I. The Genetic Code and Transcription

22. Gene Expression: II. Protein Synthesis and Sorting

23. The Regulation of Gene Expression

24. Cancer Cells

Appendix Principles and Techniques of Microscopy

Glossary

Photo, Illustration, and Text Credits

Index

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Becker's World of the Cell, 8/E
Hardin, Bertoni & Kleinsmith
©2012 | Benjamin Cummings | Cloth; 912 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321716027 | ISBN-13: 9780321716026
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Widely praised for its strong biochemistry coverage, Becker’s World of the Cell, Eighth Edition, provides a clear, up-to-date introduction to cell biology concepts, processes, and applications. Informed by many years of teaching the introductory cell biology course, the authors have added new emphasis on modern genetic/genomic/proteomic approaches to cell biology while using clear language to ensure that students comprehend the material. Becker’s World of the Cell provides accessible and authoritative descriptions of all major principles, as well as unique scientific insights into visualization and applications of cell biology. Media icons within the text and figures call attention to an enhanced media selection—350 up-to-date animations, videos, and activities—that helps students visualize concepts.
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Wayne M. Becker taught cell biology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison until his recent retirement. His interest in textbook writing grew out of notes, outlines, and problem sets that he assembled for his students, culminating in Energy and the Living Cell, a paperback text on bioenergetics published in 1977, and The World of the Cell, the first edition of which appeared in 1986. He earned all his degrees at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. All three degrees are in biochemistry, an orientation that is readily discernible in his textbooks. His research interests have been in plant molecular biology, focused specifically on the regulation of the expression of genes that encode enzymes of the photorespiratory pathway. His interests in teaching, learning, and research have taken him on sabbatical leaves at Harvard University, Edinburgh University, the University of Indonesia, the University of Puerto Rico, Canterbury University in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Teaching, and a Visiting Scholar Award from the Royal Society of London.

Lewis J. Kleinsmith is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental biology at the University of Michigan, where he has served on the faculty since receiving his Ph.D. from Rockefeller University in 1968. His teaching experiences have involved courses in introductory biology, cell biology, and cancer biology, and his research interests have included studies of growth control in cancer cells, the role of protein phosphorylation in eukaryotic gene regulation, and the control of gene expression during development. Among his numerous publications, he is the author of Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology, first published in 1988, and several award-winning educational software programs. His honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Henry Russell Award, a Michigan Distinguished Service Award, citations for outstanding teaching from the Michigan Students Association, a Thurnau Professorship, an NIH Plain Language Award, and a Best Curriculum Innovation Award from the EDUCOM Higher Education Software Awards Competition.

Jeff Hardin is a Professor in the Zoology Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests center on how cells migrate and adhere to one another to change the shape of animal embryos. Dr. Hardin's teaching is enhanced by his extensive use of video-microscopy and his Web-based teaching materials, which are used on many campuses in the United States and other countries. As part of his interest in teaching biology, Dr. Hardin has been involved in several teaching initiatives, including being a founding member of the University of Wisconsin system-wide instructional technology initiative known as BioWeb. He is currently faculty director of the Biology Core Curriculum, a four-semester honors biology sequence for undergraduates. His teaching awards include a Lily Teaching Fellowship and a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award.

Gregory Paul Bertoni, the newest member of the author team, has been active in teaching and research for over 20 years. He earned a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where his teaching experiences included introductory and graduate-level biochemistry, sophomore cell biology, and plant physiology. He also helped to develop a new course entitled “Ways of Knowing” designed to introduce entering freshmen to the learning process itself. His published research includes studies in bacterial pathogenesis, plant-microbe interactions, and plant gene expression. He is currently teaching biology and medical microbiology at Columbus State Community College in Columbus, Ohio, where he has just been nominated for a Distinguished Teaching Award. In addition, Dr. Bertoni is a freelance scientific writer who has contributed to text- and web-based projects in biology, physics, and microbiology. He is also a science editor for The Plant Cell, a leading research journal in plant biology and molecular biology.

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