Bruce M. Alberts
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Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco. President (1993-2005), National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. Co-author of The Molecular Biology of the Cell.
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Cell, in biology, the basic membrane-bound unit that contains the fundamental molecules of life and of which all living things are composed. A single cell is often a complete organism in itself, such as a bacterium or yeast. Other cells acquire specialized functions as they mature. These cells…
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