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Thoroughly updated revision to the bestselling dictionary of cell and molecular biological terms.

Table of Contents

A Note Concerning Entries

Tables

Preface

Preface to the Fourth Edition

Preface to the Third Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

The Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology

Appendix

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.

Reviews

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