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.

PART I: INTRODUCTION
An Overview of Cells and Cell Research
The Composition of Cells
Cell Metabolism
Fundamentals of Molecular Biology
PART II: THE FLOW OF GENETIC INFORMATION
The Organization and Sequences of Cellular Genomes
Replication, Maintenance and Rearrangements of Genomic DNA
RNA Synthesis and Processing
Protein Synthesis, Processing, and Regulation
PART III: CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
The Nucleus
Protein Sorting and Transport: The Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Apparatus, and Lysosomes
Bioenergetics and Metabolism: Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, and Peroxisomes
The Cytoskeleton and Cell Movement
The Plasma Membrane
Cell Walls, the Extracellular Matrix, and Cell Interactions
PART IV: CELL REGULATION
Cell Signaling
The Cell Cycle
Cell Death and Cell Renewal
Cancer

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.