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When I started out in a systems biology lab with a physics and CS background but no biology, they gave me this book: Molecular Biology of the Cell http://www.a
by mjtokelly 17y ago
When I started out in a systems biology lab with a physics and CS background but no biology, they gave me this book:
Molecular Biology of the Cell
http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biology-Cell-Alberts-Al/dp/0815316194 http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biology-Cell-Alberts-Al/dp/0...
The description of the DNA --> RNA --> protein pipeline was really satisfying to someone with my background, full of codes, error-correction algorithms, and rate-limiting steps. I think of it as the Numerical Recipes of biology.
- jballanc 17y agoAlberts is very often held as the "standard text" (much like Grey's in Anatomy, Atkins in Physical Chemistry, or SICP). I would also recommend "Molecular Genetics of Bacteria" by Snyder and Champness (http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Genetics-Bacteria-Snyder/dp/1555813992/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244980889&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Genetics-Bacteria-Snyder/dp/...). As you'd expect, it's very focused on Bacteria, but it's current and goes all the way from the basic to the very in-depth. Edit: Oh! And how could I forget Lodish (http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Cell-Biology-Harvey-Lodish/dp/0716776014/ref=pd_sim_b_4 http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Cell-Biology-Harvey-Lodish/d...)? Also very good...
- Agathos 17y agoHeh. "standard text" So anyway, the journal asks why I'm citing Alberts so much and I write back, "Alberts is the standard text, editor."
- lukego 17y agoAlan Kay frequently recommends that book too.
- lliiffee 17y agoIs there a reason you linked to the 3rd edition? Oddly, James Watson is no longer listed as an author in the 4th edition, and a bunch of other people are added.