Crossing Membranes

space should have been devoted to describing the ex-age of cell biology. The book does not include sections periments that led to this information. For example, a on immunology/immunity, cancer, or development, section in Chapter 46 (box 46-1) contains a synopsis leaving these topics for more specialized texts, which I of key experiments in cell cycle research that I found personally find appropriate. It is not a biochemistry or interesting and appropriate. Most of these special sec-molecular biology text. It leaves out some experimental tions, however, contained a list of key terms or a discus-details, but includes rich visual information. Teaching sion of a technique, and much of the book completely from the text will be a far better test of its utility than lacked such sections. I would advocate additional dis-my perusal of various chapters. After all, students often cussion of experimental approaches to show students struggle with material that instructors find clear and are the route (often a circuitous one) that led to our current likely to identify confusing points that are overlooked understanding (or lack thereof). It is also very exciting by those more familiar with the material. My bet is that for students to realize that we don't yet have all the students will enjoy this new book and appreciate the answers; drawing attention to " next steps in research " fact that it still fits in their backpack. is one way to do this. The book contains a large number of tables of varying Pat Wadsworth utility. Many are lists of the components of various struc-Department of Biology tures and can be useful references (e.g., Sarcomere Morrill Science Center proteins and actin-binding proteins). Others contained University of Massachusetts highly specialized information that most students, and Amherst, Massachusetts 01003 many instructors, are unlikely to make use of (e.g., integ-rin heterodimers and peroxin features). The reference lists at the end of the chapters were sometimes too Crossing Membranes short; interested, advanced students might appreciate more leads into the primary literature or, even better, links to some good web sites. found the book aesthetically appealing—the size and London: Academic Press (2002). placement of figures and overall design of the text pages 360 pp. $69.95 was very well done. An especially nice feature was the way EMs or LMs were combined in the same figure with Ever since the groundbreaking work of Palade and oth-an interpretive diagram. This reinforced …