"Gunter Blobel was a master of such an integrative analysis, and Karl Matlin proves to be an excellent performer in this book."

Hans-Jörg Rheinberger reviews Karl S. Matlin's book Crossing the Boundaries of Life: Günter Blobel and the Origins of Molecular Cell Biology in an article published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. According to Rheinberger, Matlin traces very important progressions in the molecular biological research of life.