The Dictionary of Cell & Molecular Biology 5th Edition
Author(s): John M. Lackie
Publisher: Academic Press
Publication Date: 20 Feb. 2013
Edition: 5th
Language: English
Print length: 748 pages
ISBN-10: 0123849314
ISBN-13: 9780123849311
Book Description
An expanded, up-to-date resource for students and researchers, The Dictionary of Cell & Molecular Biology, Fifth Edition, provides clear and concise definitions needed for laboratory study. With over 12,000 entries and a breadth of terms across bioscience, including plant molecular biology, microbiology and biotechnology, this revision reflects the changes in the research over the past few years. The latest edition of The Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology maintains its outstanding reputation as an authoritative, clear, and accessible reference with short, cross-referenced definitions of important technical terminology.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“The fifth edition of this dictionary has 12,000 headwords, reflecting a steady expansion from previous editions, and 2,400 completely new entries and definitions…thirty-seven tables provide useful lists for at-a-glance review of amino acids, common cell lines, blood clotting factors, steroid hormones, nucleotides, vitamins, and more…Summing Up: Recommended.” —CHOICE Reviews Online, January 2014
“At over 700 pages, Lackie’s efforts here in the fifth edition of this work have produced quite an exhaustive coverage of the field. The entries are generally about a paragraph in length and over 800 of them are listed with web links. One helpful feature of the text is its numerous tables listing many different aspects of nearby entries.” —Reference and Research Book News, December 2013
Reviews of Prior Editions: “It will find a place on the bookshelves of laboratories and libraries for many years to come.” —The Times Higher Education Supplement
“It fills an undoubted gap and is stunningly up to date.” —Biologist
“All the students seemed to find the dictionary of use….” —Trends in Biochemical Sciences
“A very useful reference book that every cell biologist should seriously consider purchasing and is a must for biology libraries.” —Cell Biology International Reports
“The definitions are more comprehensive than one finds in most dictionaries, and should help both students and research workers in other branches of biology.”–Genetical Research
Review
Thoroughly updated revision to the bestselling dictionary of cell and molecular biological terms.
About the Author
John Lackie has worked both in academia, as Senior Lecturer in Cell Biology at Glasgow University, and in the pharmaceutical industry, as Director of Yamanouchi’s UK Institute in Oxford. Subsequently he became Principal at Westlakes Research Institute and now runs a scientific consultancy from his home in Cumbria.
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