The 5th edition has been updated to reflect major advances in the field, including advances in understanding gene regulation by microRNAs, histones and epigenetic inheritance, and genomic analysis of mutations in human cancers, plus new key experiments. It retains the structure and pedagogy that have made previous editions so successful.

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 Chairman of the Department of Biology at Boston University, USA.

ROBERT E. HAUSMAN is Professor and Graduate Director of the Department of Biology at Boston University, USA.