Molecular Biology of
Sixth Edition
Bruce Alberts
Alexander Johnson
Julian Lewis
David Morgan
Martin Raff
Keith Roberts
Peter Walter
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About the Authors
Bruce Alberts received his PhD from Harvard University
and is the Chancellor’s Leadership Chair in Biochemistry
and Biophysics for Science and Education, University of
California, San Francisco. He was the editor-in-chief of Science
magazine from 2008 until 2013, and for twelve years he served
as President of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1993–
2005). Alexander Johnson received his PhD from Harvard
University and is Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
at the University of California, San Francisco. Julian Lewis
(1946–2014) received his DPhil from the University of Oxford
and was an Emeritus Scientist at the London Research Institute
of Cancer Research UK. David Morgan received his PhD from
the University of California, San Francisco, and is Professor of
the Department of Physiology there as well as the Director of
the Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Developmental
Biology Graduate Program. Martin Raff received his MD from
McGill University and is Emeritus Professor of Biology at the
Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology
at University College London. Keith Roberts received his PhD
from the University of Cambridge and was Deputy Director of
the John Innes Centre, Norwich. He is Emeritus Professor at the
University of East Anglia. Peter Walter received his PhD from
the Rockefeller University in New York and is Professor of the
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University
of California, San Francisco, and an Investigator at the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute. John Wilson received his PhD
from the California Institute of Technology and pursued his
postdoctoral work at Stanford University. He is Distinguished
Service Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Tim Hunt received
his PhD from the University of Cambridge where he taught
biochemistry and cell biology for more than 20 years. He worked
at Cancer Research UK until his retirement in 2010. He shared
the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Lee Hartwell
and Paul Nurse.
Cover design: Cell biology is not only about the structure and
function of the myriad molecules that comprise a cell, but also
about how this complex chemistry is controlled. Understanding
the cell’s elaborate regulatory feedback networks will require
quantitative approaches.
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