Preferred course textbooks

[ion_exchanger]

I'm currently looking for a textbook to accompany my molecular cell biology course. The text recommended is molecular biology of the cell by alberts, but in undergrad I had cell and molec bio by Karp and enjoyed that book. Similarly, biochemistry by lehinger was preferred but I preferred berg. What book do you recommend for cell biology? Similarly, which books do you prefer for subjects?

[bsharpe269]

I really like Alberts personally for cell bio. I have also used lehinger and I did like, but had to look for additional descriptions online for some concepts.

[biotechie]

Ion, that Albert text is the one we used in my courses, here. It is a good resource just to have even if you're not using it as your main text.

 

I also really like Boron and Boulpaep's Medical Physiology book. It is good at taking the molecular stuff to a more organismal level, which is good for single-cell minded people like myself!

 

Janeway's Immunobiology is also really good if you have to take Immunology. They do a good job of breaking things down so it is easier to understand.

[username1824]

Alberts text is basically the bible of cell biology. For biochemistry, I think a good amount of people also use the Berg, Tymoczko, Stryer textbook.