Biosynthesis and Alternate Targeting of the Lysosomal Cysteine Protesase Cathepsin L / M. Grilli et al. ; M.N. Gruzova ; J. Ruiz-Cabello ; M. Wallin ; O. Numata ; A. De Loof |
Redundancy of biological regulation as the basis for emergence of multidrug resistancedrug resistance |
Microtubule-Associated Proteins and Their Essential Roles During Mitosis |
The palladin-myotilin-myopalladin family: Potent modulators of the actin cytoskeleton |
NF-kB and Rel-Participants in a Multiform Transcriptional Regulatory System |
Multifunctional Proteins in Tetrahymena: 14-nm Filament Protein/Citrate Synthase and Translation Elongation Factor-1a / V.N. Parfenov ; J.S. Cohen ; E. Str_mberg |
Molecular and Functional Anyalysis of the Dictyostelium Centrosome / J. Vanden Broeck |
Patch-clamp studies of the new permeability pathways in Plasmodium falciparum |
Polytene Chromosomes: 70 Years in Genetic Research / S.L. Bernstein et al. ; I.N. Shvemberger |
Cellular mechanisms of bacterial internalization |
Karyosphere in Oogenesis and Intranuclear Morphogenesis |
NMR and the Study of Pathological State in Cells and Tissues |
Cold-Stable and Cold-Adapted Microtubules |
Insect Basic Leucine Zipper Proteins and Their Role in Cyclic AMP Dependent Regulation of Gene Expression / I. Janssen |
Microinsemination and Transfer Using Male Germ Cells |
Molecular Genetic Analysis of Muscle Development, Structure, and function in Drosophila |
Nuclear envelope, nuclear lamina in inherited diseases / J.L. Dangl ; J.C. Polacco ; S. Takahashi ; A.N. Ermilov |
Hormones and the Cytoskeleton of Animals and Plants / R. Fujii |
Applications of Arabidopsis thaliana to Outstanding Issues in Plant-Pathogen Interactions |
Development and Heterogeneity of Prolactin Cells / M.A. Holland |
Some Characteristics of Neoplastic Cell Transformation in Transgenic Mice |
Contractile Proteins and Myofibrillogenesis / M.-M. Giraud-Guille |
Roles of Urease in Plant Cells / Y. Fukui ; Y. Hiramoto ; S.D. Georgatos |
Twisted Liquid Crystalline Supramolecular Arrangements in Morphogenesis |
Toward a New Concept of Cell Motility: Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Amoeboid Movement and Cell Division |
Cytophysiology of Fish Chromatophores / S. Kikuyama ; E. Kamitsubo ; C. Maison ; W.J. Schneider |
Centrifuge Microscope as a Tool in the Study of Cell Motility / R. Gerstberger ; K. Hinata et al. ; K. Kawamura |
Integration of Intermediate Filaments into Cellular Organelles |
Vitellogenin Receptors: Oocyte-Specific Members of the Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor Supergene Family |
A Review of Recent studies on Homomorphic Self-Incompatibility / D.A. Gray ; B.L. Kee ; N.J. Winston ; Y.-J. Liu |
Fine Structure, Innervations, and Functional Control of Avian Salt Glands / S. Tanaka ; R.L. Last |
Developmental Failure in Preimplantation Human Conceptuses / C.J. Paige |
The Genetics of Nitrogen Assimilation and Amino Acid Biosynthesis in Flowering Plants: Progress and Prospects / G. Grouard ; S. Ghosh ; K. Yamamoto ; J.J.M. Vanden Broeck |
Murine B Cell Development: Commitment and Progression from Multipotential Progenitors to Mature B Lymphocytes |
Chapter References / O. de Bouteiller |
Aspects of Amphibian Metamorphosis: Hormonal Control / N. Paweletz |
G-Protein-Coupled Receptors in Insect Cells / M.R. Gold |
Subject Index |
Mitosis: Dissociability of Its Events / M.J. Emes ; C.D. Thaler ; J. Banchereau |
Follicular Dendritic Cells and Germinal Centers / L. Matsuuchi ; J.M. Whatley ; A.K. Tobin ; L.T. Haimo |
Signal Transduction by the Antigen Receptors of B and T Lymphocytes |
The Endosymbiotic Origin of Chloroplasts / S. Ohno |
Control of Metabolism and Development in Higher Plant Plastids |
Microtubules and Microtubule Motors: Mechanisms of Regulation / G. Zaccone |
Index / J.L. Arias ; T. Baba ; S. Fasulo |
Neuroendocrine Epithelial Cell System in the Respiratory Organs of Air-Breathing and Teleost Fishes / D.J. Fink ; N. Terada ; L. Ainis ; S.-Q. Xiao ; Y. Fujii |
Cell Biology of Kidney Glomerulus / A.H. Heuer ; H. Wolburg ; H. Ueda ; A.I. Caplan ; A. Rohlmann |
Biomineralization and Eggshells: Cell-Mediated Acellular Compartments of Mineralized Extracellular Matrix / P.M. Ingleton |
Structure-Function Relationships in Gap Junctions |
Regulation of Intracellular Movements in Plant Cells by Environmental Stimuli / R. Nagai ; J.A. Danks |
Distribution and Functions of Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein in Vertebrate Cells |
Contributors |
Endogenous Ligands of PACAP/VIP Receptors in the Autocrine-Paracrine Regulation of the Adrenal Gland / Maria Teresa Conconi ; Raffaella Spinazzi ; Gastone G. Nussdorfer |
Introduction / I: |
Biology of PACAP/VIP Receptors and Their Endogenous Ligands / II: |
Expression of PACAP/VIP Receptors and Their Endogenous Ligands in the Adrenal Gland / III: |
Effects of Endogenous Ligands of PACAP/VIP Receptors on Adrenal Cortex Secretion / IV: |
Effects of Endogenous Ligands of PACAP/VIP Receptors on Adrenal Medulla Secretion / V: |
Effects of Endogenous Ligands of PACAP/VIP Receptors on Adrenal Growth / VI: |
Concluding Remarks / VII: |
References |
Ultrastructural Dynamics of Human Reproduction, from Ovulation to Fertilization and Early Embryo Development / Giuseppe Familiari ; Rosemarie Heyn ; Michela Relucenti ; Stefania A. Nottola ; A. Henry Sathananthan |
Sperm Structure and Function |
Human Mature Egg |
Gamete Interaction and Fertilization |
The Embryo |
Concluding Remarks and Future Directions |
Chromosomal Variation in Mammalian Neuronal Cells: Known Facts and Attractive Hypotheses / Ivan Y. Iourov ; Svetlana G. Vorsanova ; Yuri B. Yurov |
Numerical Chromosome Abnormalities: Origin and Consequences |
Chromosomal Mosaicism in Humans |
Somatic Chromosomal Mosaicism in Mammalian Neuronal Cells |
Relevance of Chromosomal Variations in the Mammalian Brain |
Technical Aspects of Studies of Chromosomal Mosaicism in Mammalian Neuronal Cells |
Automated Interpretation of Protein Subcellular Location Patterns / Xiang Chen ; Robert F. Murphy |
Subcellular Location of Proteins |
Subcellular Location Patterns of Proteins |
Cell and Molecular Biology of Human Lacrimal Gland and Nasolacrimal Duct Mucins / Friedrich Paulsen |
Anatomy of the Lacrimal System |
Properties of Mucins |
Lacrimal Gland Mucins |
Mucins of the Nasolacrimal Ducts |
Conclusions and Perspectives |
New Insights into Fatty Acid Modulation of Pancreatic [beta]-Cell Function / Esther P. Haber ; Joaquim Procopio ; Carla R. O. Carvalho ; Angelo R. Carpinelli ; Philip Newsholme ; Rui Curi |
Metabolism of Glucose and Fatty Acids in the [beta] Cell |
Impact of Free Fatty Acids and Adiponectin on [beta]-Cell Metabolism |
Roles of Free Fatty Acids in Modulation of Cell Signaling Pathways |
Other Roles of Free Fatty Acids |
Drosophila RNA Binding Proteins / Chiara Gamberi ; Oona Johnstone ; Paul Lasko |
Canonical RNA Binding Proteins |
RNA Binding Proteins That Lack Canonical RNA Binding Motifs |
Other RNA Binding Domains and Factors |
Plasticity of Pelvic Autonomic Ganglia and Urogenital Innervation / Janet R. Keast |
Overview of the Function and Structure of Pelvic Ganglia |
Structure of Adult Mammalian Pelvic Ganglia |
Sex Steroid Actions on Pelvic Ganglia and Their Projections |
Injury of Pelvic Ganglia and Their Projections |
Neurotrophic Factors for Adult Pelvic Ganglion Neurons |
Vomeronasal Versus Olfactory Epithelium: Is There a Cellular Basis for Human Vomeronasal Perception? / Martin Witt ; Thomas Hummel |
Neuroanatomy of the Vomeronasal System in Vertebrates |
Function of the VNO in Humans |
Perspectives and Concluding Remarks |
Tight Junctions: Molecular Architecture and Function / Saima Aijaz ; Maria S. Balda ; Karl Matter |
Molecular Composition |
Junctional Diffusion Barriers |
Regulation of Epithelial Polarization and Proliferation |
Role of Regulatory |
T Cells in Controlling Immunologic Self-Tolerance |
Cell and Molecular Biology of Myoblast Fusion |
Fishy Tales of Prolactin-Releasing Peptide |
Regulation of Fish Gonadotropins |
Cell Volume and Insulin Signaling |
Ammonia Signaling in Yeast Colony Formation |
Biogenesis and Cellular Dynamics of Aminoglycerophospholipds |
Life Cycle of Decidual Cells |
Genetic Control of Germline Sexual Dimorphism in Drosophila |
Gene Silencing |
Functional Diversity of Axonemal Dyneins as Studied in Chlamydomonas Mutants |
Genetic Alterations in Ovarian Cancer Cells That Might Account for Sensitivity to Chemotheraphy in Patients, Conventional and Nonconventional Roles of the Nucleolus |
Role of CCN2/CTGF/Hcs24 in Bone Growth / Satoshi Kubota ; Masaharu Takigawa |
The CCN Family |
CCN2: A Multiple Regulator of Mesenchymal Tissue Development |
CCN2 and Bone Cell Biology |
Action Potential in Charophytes / Mary Jane Beilby |
Historical Background (Up to Late 1990s) |
New Approaches in the New Century |
Summary |
Similarity of the Domain Structure of Proteins as a Basis for the Conservation of Meiosis / Yu. F. Bogdanov ; T. M. Grishaeva ; S. Ya. Dadashev |
Homomorphism of Cytological Features of Meiosis |
Functional Analogy of Morphogenetic Proteins in Meiosis |
Recombination Enzymes |
Proteins of the SMC Family |
Importance of Secondary Protein Structure for Ultrastructure Morphogenesis |
Conclusion: Organelle Morphology as Dependent on the Protein Structure |
Fibroblast Differentiation in Wound Healing and Fibrosis / Ian A. Darby ; Tim D. Hewitson |
Inflammation and Wound Healing |
Fibroblasts and Myofibroblasts |
Fibrogenic Mediators |
Regulation of Fibrogenesis |
Tumor Hypoxia and Targeted Gene Therapy / Olga Greco ; Simon Scott |
Hypoxia-Targeted Gene Therapy |
Combination of Hypoxia Gene Therapy with Conventional Treatments |
Cellular Basis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Horses / Darko Marinkovic ; Sanja Aleksic-Kovacevic ; Pavle Plamenac |
Morpho-Functional Features of Horse Lungs |
Cytological Features of Equine Lungs |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Horses |
Adhesion Molecules and Other Secreted Host-Interaction Determinants in Apicomplexa: Insights from Comparative Genomics / Vivek Anantharaman ; Lakshminarayan M. Iyer ; S. Balaji ; L. Aravind |
Comparative Genomics and Apicomplexan Biology |
Conserved Domains in Apicomplexan Adhesion and Host-Interaction Proteins |
Maturation, Deployment, and Export of Apicomplexan Surface Proteins |
Regulation of Surface Protein Gene Expression |
General Evolutionary Considerations and Conclusions |
Cell Responses to Biomimetic Protein Scaffolds Used in Tissue Repair and Engineering / Robert A. Brown ; James B. Phillips |
Background |
Clinical and Other Goals of Culture on Biomimetic Scaffolds |
Opportunities to Achieve Clinical Goals: Materials Commonly Used as Biomimetic Protein Scaffolds |
Key Questions for 3D Culture Models |
New Insights into Glycosphingolipid Functions-Storage, Lipid Rafts, and Translocators / Dan J. Sillence |
Traffic of Glycosphingolipids |
Glycosphingolipid Storage |
Secondary Storage Diseases |
Effect of MDR1a Deficiency on Glycosphingolipids in Both Normal and Niemann-Pick Type C Mice |
Microscopic Morphology and the Origins of the Membrane Maturation Model of Golgi Apparatus Function / D. James Morre ; Hilton H. Mollenhauer |
Concept and Early Observations |
Morphological Basis of the Membrane Maturation Model |
Membrane Flow Differentiation Within the Aggregate of Golgi Apparatus Stacks |
New Insights into the Macronuclear Development in Ciliates / Stefan A. Juranek ; Hans Joachim Lipps |
Macronuclear and Micronuclear Genome Structure |
Macronuclear Differentiation |
Processing of DNA to Mature Nanochromosomes |
Recent Approaches to Understand the Control of Macronuclear Differentiation |
Conclusions |
Polarity Regulators and the Control of Epithelial Architecture, Cell Migration, and Tumorigenesis / Lukas E. Dow ; Patrick O. Humbert |
Epithelial Cell Polarity |
Polarity Regulators and Tumorigenesis |
LEM-Domain Proteins: New Insights into Lamin-Interacting Proteins / Nicole Wagner ; Georg Krohne |
LEM-Domain Proteins: Presenting the Family |
LEM-Domain Proteins: Various Binding Partners and Various Functions |
LEM-Domain Protein Complexes and Laminopathies |
New Insights into Membrane Trafficking and Protein Sorting / Merran C. Derby ; Paul A. Gleeson |
Secretory and Endocytic Pathways of Eukocarytic Cells: An Overview |
Regulation of Membrane Transport in the Secretory Pathway: ER to Golgi Transport |
Relationship Between Membrane Transport and Organelle Biogenesis |
The Role of G-Proteins and Lipids in Defining Organelle Identity |
Generation of Subdomains |
Form and Function of the TGN: Subdomains and Trafficking |
Structure and Function of the Atypical Orphan Nuclear Receptor Small Heterodimer Partner / Yong-Soo Lee ; Dipanjan Chanda ; Jeonggu Sim ; Yun-Yong Park ; Hueng-Sik ChoiVIII: |
Gene Structure and Regulation of the Small Heterodimer Partner |
Mechanisms of Small Heterodimer Partner Function and Gene Regulation |
Physiological Impact of Small Heterodimer Partner Expression and Function |
Zebrafish Gastrulation: Cell Movements, Signals, and Mechanisms / Laurel A. Rohde ; Carl-Philipp Heisenberg |
Gastrulation Cell Movements in Zebrafish |
Instructive and Permissive Cues |
Tissue Interactions |
Differential Adhesion |
Calcium Dynamics: Spatio-Temporal Organization from the Subcellular to the Organ Level / Genevieve Dupont ; Laurent Combettes ; Luc Leybaert |
Oscillations |
Elementary Aspects of Ca[superscript 2+] Signaling |
Intracellular Ca[superscript 2+] Waves |
Intercellular Ca[superscript 2+] Waves |
New Technologies Used in the Study of Human Melanoma / Armando Felsani ; Anna Maria Mileo ; Vittoria Maresca ; Mauro Picardo ; Marco G. Paggi |
Biology of Human Melanoma |
Molecular Characterization and Management of Human Melanomas |
Somite Formation and Patterning / E. Hirsinger ; C. Jouve ; J. Dubrulle ; O. Pourqui |
Morphogenesis of the Egg Shell in Drosophila / G.L. Waring |
Cell Biology of Cytochrome P-450 in the Liver / S. Kanamura ; J. Watanabe |
Alternative Protein Sorting Pathways / J. Kim ; S.V. Scott ; D.J. Klionsky |
Structural Correlates of the Transepithelial Water Transport / E.S. Snigirevskaya ; Y.Y. Komissarchik |
Membrane Trafficking and Processing in Paramecium / R.D. Allen ; A.K. Fok |
Role of Natural Benzoxazinones in the Survival Strategy of Plants / D. Sicker ; M. Frey ; M. Schulz ; A. Gierl |
Paternal Contributions to the Mammalian Zygote: Fertilization after Sperm-Egg Fusion / P. Sutovsky ; G.P. Schatten |
Coat Proteins Regulating Membrane Traffic / S.J. Scales ; M. Gomez ; T.E. Kreis |
Regulation of Monoamine Receptors in the Brain: Dynamic Changes during Stress / G. Fluuml;gge |
Rhodopsin Trafficking and Its Role in Retinal Dystrophy / C.-H. Sung ; A.W. Tai |
Calcium Signaling During Abiotic Stress in Plants / H. Knight |
Fern Antheridiogens / H. Yamane |
Signaling to the Microtubular Cytoskeleton in Plants / P. Nick |
Morphology of Cryofixed Myelin Sheath / K. Meller |
Mechanisms of Signal Transduction in the Stress Response of Hepatocytes / S. Bhattacharya |
Intracellular Proteinases of Invertebrates: Calcium-Dependent and Proteasome/Ubiquitin-Dependent Systems / D.L. Mykles |
The Preprophase Band of Microtubules: Its Function as a Cytokinetic Apparatus in Higher Plants / Y. Mineyuki |
Molecular Characteristics of the Centrosome / S.S.L. Andersen |
The Pecten Oculi of the Chicken: A Model System for Vascular Differentiation and Barrier Maturation / S. Liebner ; A. Reichenbach ; H. Gerhardt |
Bacteriorhodopsin / J.K. Lanyi |
The Regulation of Apoptosis by Microbial Pathogens / J.E. Moss ; A.O. Aliprantis ; A. Zychlinsky |
Invertebrate Opioid Precursors: Evolutionary Conservation and the Significance of Enzymatic Processing / G.B. Stefano ; M. Salzet |
Biology of Plant Cells in Microgravity and under Clinostating / E.J. Kordyum |
The Use of Antibodies to Study the Architecture and Developmental Regulation of Plant Cell Walls / J.P. Knox |
Biophysical Aspects of P-Glycoprotein-Mediated Multidrug Resistance / R.M. Wadkins ; P.D. Roepe |
Normal and Pathological Tau Proteins as Factors for Microtubule Assembly / A. Delacourte ; L. Bueacute;e |
Differentiation and Transdifferentiation of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium / S. Zhao ; L.J. Rizzolo ; C.J. Barnstable |
The Role of Endothelins in the Paracrine Control of the Secretion and Growth of the Adrenal Cortex / G.G. Nussdorfer ; G.P. Rossi ; A.S. Belloni |
Transport of Glucose across the Blood-Tissue Barriers / K. Takata ; H. Hirano ; M. Kasahara |
The Role of Suppressors in Determining Host-Parasite Specificities in Plant Cells / T. Shiraishi ; T. Yamada ; Y. Ichinose ; A. Kiba ; K. Toyoda |
Distribution and Functions of Platelet-Derived Growth Factors and Their Receptors during Embryogenesis / P. Ataliotis ; M. Mercola |
Adaptive Crystal Formation in Normal and Pathological Calcifications in Synthetic Calcium Phosphate and Related Biomaterials / G. Daculsi ; J.-M. Bouler ; R.Z. LeGeros |
The Biogenesis Traffic and Function of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane-Conductance Regulator / T. Jilling ; K.L. Kirk |
Regulation of Phenylpropanoid Metabolism in Relation to Lignin Biosynthesis in Plants / M.S. Barber ; H.J. Mitchell |
A Model for Flagellar Motility / C.B. Lindemann ; K.S. Kanous |
Basement-Membrane Stromal Relationships: Interactions between Collagen Fibrils and the Lamina Densa / E. Adachi ; I. Hopkinson ; T. Hayashi |
The Role of Endoxyloglucan Transferase in the Organization of Plant Cell Walls / K. Nishitani |
Microtubule-Microfilament Synergy in the Cytoskeleton / R.H. Gavin |
Insulin Internalization and Other Signaling Pathways in the Plieotropic Effects of Insulin / R.M. Smith ; S. Harada ; L. Jarett |
Structure of the Insect Head in Ontogeny and Phylogeny: A View from Drosophila / B.T. Rogers ; T.C. Kaufman |
Functional Reconstitution of the Tonoplast Proton-ATPase from Higher Plants / K. Kasamo ; H. Yamanishi |
The Role of Molecular Chaperones in Motochondrial Protein Import and Folding / M.T. Ryan ; D.J. Naylor ; P.B. Hoj ; M.S. Clark ; N.J. Hoogenraad |
Proteoglycans and Related Components in Plant Cells / E.A. Nothnagel |
Cell Model Systems in Plant Cytoskeleton Studies / S. Sonobe |
The Structure, Function, and Assembly of Actin Filament Bundles / R. Furukawa ; M. Fechheimer |
Nuclear Components with Microtubule-Organizing Properties in Multicellular Eukaryotes: Functional and Evolutionary Considerations / F. Baluska ; D. Volkman ; P.W. Barlow |
Sialic Acids in Molecular and Cellular Interactions / S. Kelm ; R. Schauer |
Embryonic Neural Chimeras in the Study of Vertebrate Brain and Head Development / N.M. Le Douarin ; M. Catala ; C. Batini |
Role of Rab GTPases in Membrane Traffic / V.M. Olkkonen ; H. Stenmark |
Lingnification Plant Cell Walls / A.R. Barceloacute; |
Functional Interactions Among Cytoskeleton Membranes and Cell Wall in the Pollen Tube of Flowering Plants / Y.Q. Li ; A. Moscatelli ; G. Cai ; M. Cresti |
Biology of the Postsynapic Glycine Receptor / C. Vannier ; A. Triller |
Cell-Fate Specification by Localized Cytoplasmic Determinants and Cell Interactions in Ascidian Embryos / H. Nishida |
Distributionof the Na +/K +ATPase in Photoreceptor Cells of Insects / O. Baumann |
The Cellular Basis of Tumor Progression / G. Heppner ; F.R. Miller |
Molecules Involved in Mammalian Sperm-Egg Interaction / S.B. McLesky ; C. Dowds ; R. Carballada ; R.R. White ; P.M. Saling |
Coordination of Nuclear and Chloroplast Gene Expression in Plant Cells / M. Goldschmidt-Clermont |
Signaling in Unicellular Eukaryotes / S.T. Christensen ; V. Leick ; L. Rasmussen ; D.N. Wheatley |
Action of SO2 on Plants and Metabolic Detoxification of SO2 / U. Heber ; K. Hüve |
Karyotypic Evolution of Cells in Culture: A New Concept / S.E. Mamaeva |
Sucrose Transport in Higher Plants / J.M. Ward ; C. Kuuml;hn ; M. Tegeder ; W.B. Frommer |
Interaction of Cytoskeletal Proteins with Membrane Lipids / G. Isenberg ; V. Niggli |
Cell Biology of Autoimmune Diseases / J.M. Van Noort ; S. Amor |
Multiple Forms of Tubulin: Different Gene Products and Covalent Modifications / R.F. Luduena |
Translocation of Proteins Across the Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane / J.L. Brodsky |
Tropomyosin Isoforms in Nonmuscle Cells / J.J.-C. Lin ; K.S. Warren ; D.D. Wamboldt ; T. Wang ; J.L.-C. Lin |
Effects of Microgravity on the Structure and Function of Plant Cell Walls / E.M. Nedukha |
Pro-Opiomelanocortin-Derived Peptides, Cytokines, and Nitric Oxide in Immune Responses and Stress: An Evolutionary Approach / E. Ottaviani ; A. Franchini ; C. Franceschi |
Mammalian Skeletal Muscle Fiber Type Transitions / D. Pette ; R.S. Staron |
Acute Phase Proteins and Transformed Cells / A. Mackiewicz |
Glucocorticoid and Thyroid Hormone Receptors in Mitochondria of Animal Cells / Klaus Scheller ; Peter Seibel ; Constantine E. Sekeris |
Physiology of Glucocorticoid and Thyroid Hormones: Energy Metabolism / I.: |
Molecular Mechanisms of Glucocorticoid and Thyroid Hormone Action / III.: |
Effects of Glucocorticoid and Thyroid Hormones in Mitochondria / IV.: |
Plastid Division: Its Origins and Evolution / Haruki HashimotoV.: |
Endosymbiosis and Origins of Plastid Envelope Membranes |
Division of Plastids Acquired via Primary Endosymbiosis |
Division of Plastids Acquired via Secondary Endosymbiosis / L.R. Fraser ; A.L. Muggleton-Harris ; K.W. Wolf ; D.K. Griffin ; V.R. Pantic ; Y. Ohta ; M.A. Moses ; L. Beevers ; G. Chieffi |
The Nuclear Lamina and its Functions in the Nucleus |
Genomic Domains and Regulatory Elements Operating at the Domain |
Na + Requirements for Capacitation and Acrosomal Exocytosis in Mammalian Sperm |
Inherited Genetic Defects: Analysis and Diagnosis at the Cellular Level in Preimplantation Embryo |
The Unique Structure of Lepidopteran Spindles |
Fluorescent in Situ Hybridization for the Diagnosis of Genetic Disease at Postnatal, Prenatal, and Preimplantation Stages |
Biology of Hypothalamic Neurons and Pituitary Cells |
Sterility in Neonatally Androgenized Female Rats and the Decidual Cell Reaction |
Clathrin-Coated Vesicles in Plants / M. Klagsbrun |
Level Membrane Dynamics and the Regulation of Epthelial Cell / G.B. Chieffi Baccari |
Nuclear Control of Plastid Division / S.C. Huber ; W. Löffelhardt ; C.L. Geczy ; L.A. Williams ; G.W. Cockerill ; K.E. Latham ; C.J.P. Grimmelikhuijzen |
Polarity Growth During the Cell Cycle |
Acidification and Protein Traffic / Y. Shing ; L. Di MatteoVI.: |
Cellular Mechanisms for the Activation of Blood Coagulation / J.L. Huber ; H.J. Bohnert |
The Mannose Receptor in the Brain / W. Egner ; J.R. Gamble ; J. McGrath ; I. Leviev |
The Role of Growth Factors in Vascular Cell Development and Differentiation / Y. Takahashi |
Structure and Function of the Cyanelle Genome / M. d'Istria ; R.W. McMichael, Jr. |
Control of Plant Enzyme Activity by Reversible Protein Phosphorylation / D.N.J. Hart ; M.A. Vadas ; D. Solter ; S. Kawano ; K. Carstensen ; T.A. Schoenfeld ; S. Ishida ; S. Minucci |
Isolation and Function of Human Dendritic Cells |
Angiogenesis: Models and Modulators |
Mechanistic and Developmental Aspects of Genetic Imprinting in Mammals |
Peptides in the Nervous System of Cnidarians: Structure, Function, and Biosynthesis / H. Takano |
Testicular Macrophages / Andrew R. Cuddihy ; J.C. Hutson ; R.A. Obar ; T. Nagata ; C.-C. Liu ; K. Brasch ; T. Zeuthen ; A. Gebert ; B. Varriale ; T. Kuroiwa ; Matthew J. O'Connell |
Diverse Distribution and Function of Fibrous Microtubule-Associated Proteins in the Nervous System |
Function and Modulation of Expression of Auxin-Regulated Genes |
Molecular Mechanisms for Passive and Active Transport of Water / E.L. Parr ; R.L. Ochs |
Cell Biology of the Harderian Gland / H.-J. Rothkötter |
Sexuality of Mitochondria: Fusion, Recombination, and Plasmids / W. Stockem ; P.G. Layer ; C.L. Dieckmann ; S.S. Guraya |
Cell-Cycle Responses to DNA Damage in G[subscript 2] / J.-L. Guan |
Nuclear Remodeling in Response to Steroid Hormone Action / J.D.-E. Young |
The Comparative Cell Biology of Accessory Somatic (or Sertoli) Cells in the Animal Testis / J.F. Bertram ; R. Papst ; K. Brix ; E. Willbold ; R.R. Staples ; J. Taxi |
Granulated Lymphoid Cells of the Pregnant Uterus: Morphological and Functional Features / H.-C. Chen |
Analyzing Renal Glomeruli with the New Stereology / C. Birchmeier |
M Cells in Peyer's Patches of the Intestine |
Analysis of Microfilament Organization and Contractile Activities in Physarum |
Cholinesterases in Avian Neurogenesis |
Regulation of Mitochondrial Gene Expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
Signal Transduction in Cell-Matrix Interactions / D.E. Olins ; D. Eugene ; E.K. Hoffmann ; C.A. Otey |
Effects of Axotomy, Deafferentation and Reinnervation on Sympathetic Ganglionic Synapses: A Comparative Study / R. Martinez-Rodriguez ; C.M. Feldherr ; K. Swann ; D. Meyer ; N.A. Belyavskaya ; A.L. Olins |
pp125 FAK in the Focal Adhesion / P.B. Dunham |
Cdc2: The Mitotic Switch |
Calcium and Graviperception in Plants: Inhibitor Analysis / R. Martinez-Murillo ; D. Akin ; J.-P. Ozil ; R. Cancedda ; D. Riethmacher ; E. Marshall |
The Replication Band of Ciliated Protozoa |
Membrane Mechanisms and Intracellular Signalling in Cell Volume Regulation |
Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Neurotransmission and Neuromodulation / E.M. Plisetskaya |
Role of Nuclear Trafficking in Regulating Cellular Activity |
Dynamics of the Calcium Signal That Triggers Mammalian Egg Activation |
Factors Controlling Growth, Motility, and Morphogenesis of Normal and Malignant Epithelial Cells / S.D. Bouffler ; F.D. Cancedda |
The DNA Damage-Mediated G[subscript 2] Arrest Signaling Pathway / S. Hauschildt ; B.I. Lord |
Whole-Chromosome Hybridization / G. Wallace ; G.E. Korte ; L.R. Mata ; T.P. Mommsen |
Feedback Inhibitors in Normal and Tumor Tissues / P. Castagnola ; B. Kleine |
Dynamics of the Seminal Vesicle Epithelium / S.C. Fry ; J.I. Perlman ; R.A. Smith |
Glucagon and Glucagon-like Peptides in Fishes |
The G[subscript 2] Checkpoint and Development |
Chondrocyte Differentiation |
Bacterial Stimulators of Macrophages / T. Makita |
Phenolic Components of the Plant Cell Wall / C.F. Beck |
The Incidence, Origin, and Etiology of Aneuploidy / A. Pollack ; Z.-G. Jiang |
Molecular Organization of Hepatocyte Peroxisomes |
Additional Components in Checkpoint Signaling / M.A. Haring |
Regeneration of Mammalian Retinal Pigment Epithelium |
Neuronal Modulation and Plasticity in Vitro |
Gametic Differentiation of Chlamydomonas / K. Syono |
The G[subscript 2] Checkpoint as a Therapeutic Target / M. Schneider |
Habituation as a Tumerous State That Is Interchangeable with a Normal State in Plant Cells / T. Fujita ; P. SchweizerVII.: |
Systemic Acquired Resistance in Plants / P. Meuwly ; J.P. Meacute;traux ; Josef Loidl |
Chromosomes of the Budding Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
Chromosome Structure and Division |
Chromosomes in Interphase |
Summary and Conclusions |
Proteinases and Their Inhibitors in the Immune System / Marco van Eijk ; Cornelis Johannes Forrendinis van Noorden ; Cornelis de Groot |
Proteinases and Their Natural Inhibitors in Apoptosis |
MHC Class II-Mediated Antigen Processing |
Interference with Proteinase Activity as a Therapeutic Strategy |
Comparative Analysis of Spore Coat Formation, Structure, and Function in Dictyostelium / Christopher M. West |
Background on Cell Walls |
Composition and Structure of the Dictyostelium Spore Coat |
Intermolecular Interactions |
Formation and Functions of the Dictyostelium Spore Coat |
Germination of Dictyostelium Spores |
Comparison with Other Dictyostelium ECMs |
Implications for Future Studies / VIII.: |
Osmotic Flow in Membrane Pores / A.E. Hill |
The Use of Computers in Understanding How Animal Cells Crawl / D.R. Soll |
Programmed Cell Death in Development / E.J. Sanders ; M.A. Wride |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Chromoplast Development / B. Camara ; P. Hugueney ; F. Bouvier ; M. Kuntz ; R. Moneger |
Sperm-Binding Proteins / K.R. Foltz |
The Ultrastructure of Epithelial and Fiber Cells in the Crystalline Lens / J.R. Kuszak |
Salt Tolerance in Plants and Microorganisms: Toxicity Targets and Defense Responses / R. Serrano |
Polytene Chromosomes in Mammalian Cells / E.V. Zybina ; T.G. Zybina |
Ependymins: Meningeal-Derived Extracellular Matrix Proteins at the Blood-Brain Barrier / W. Hoffmann ; H. Schwarz |
Cadherin Cell Adhesion Molecules in Differentiation and Embryogenesis / J.A. Marrs ; W.J. Nelson |
Escape and Migration of Nucleic Acids between Chloroplasts, Mitochondria, and the Nucleus / P.E. Thorsness ; E.R. Weber |
Cytoplasmic Mechanisms of Axonal and Dendritic Growth in Neurons / S.R. Heidemann |
Cumulative Subject Index, Volumes 138-176 |
Gene Expression During Amphibian Limb Regeneration / J. Geraudie ; P. Ferretti |
The Extracellular Matrix of Volvox / M. Sumper ; Hallman |
The Cell Biology of Basophils / A. Dvorak |
Membrane Receptors for Endocytosis in Renal Proximal Tubule / E. Christensen ; H. Birn ; P. Berroust ; S.K. Moestrup |
The Division Apparatus of Plastids and Mitochondria / H. Kuroiwa ; A. Sakai ; H. Takahashi ; K. Toda ; R. Itoh |
Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Glycosylation / D.M. Snow ; G.W. Hart |
Microtubule-Organizing Centers and Nucleating Sites in Land Plants / K.C. Vaughn ; J.D.I. Harper |
The Wilms' Tumor 1 Gene: Oncogenes or Tumor Suppressor Gene? / A.L. Menke ; A.J. van der Eb ; A.G. Jochemsen |
Exocytosis in the Chromaffin Cells of Adrenal Medulla / D. Aunis |
Physicochemical Properties of Aqueous Phase Systems and Partitioning Behavior of Biomaterials / V. Tolstoguzov |
Compositions and Phase Diagrams for Aqueous Systems Based on Proteins and Polysaccharides / G. Johansson ; H. Walter |
Partitioning and Concentrating Biomaterials in Auqeous Phase Systems / G. Kopperschlauml;ger |
Effects of Specific Binding Reactions on the Partitioning Behavior of Biomaterials / H. Cabezas |
Properties of Interfaces and Transport Across Them / F. Tjerneld ; H.-O. Johansson |
Compartmentalization of Enzymes and Distribution of Products in Aqueous Two-Phase Systems |
Physicochemical Properties of Cytoplasm / D.E. Brooks ; C.A. Haynes |
Macromolecular Crowding and Its Consequences / J.I. Clark ; J.M. Clark |
Lens Cytoplasmic Phase Separation / K. Luby-Phelps |
Cytoarchitecture and Physical Properties of Cytoplasm: Volume, Viscosity, Diffusion, Intracellular Surface Area / T.Y. Aw |
Intracellular Compartmentation of Organelles and Gradients of Low Molecular Weight Species / J. Ovaacute;di ; P.A. Srere |
Macromolecular Compartmentation and Channeling / K.D. Garlid |
The State of Water in Biological Systems / L. Pagliaro |
Mechanisms for Cytoplasmic Organization: An Overview |
Cytoplasm and Phase Separation |
Can Cytoplasm Exist Without Undergoing Phase Separation? |
Consequences of Phase Separation in Cytoplasm |
Unusual Autonomic Ganglia: Connections, Chemistry, and Plasticity of Pelvic Ganglia / J.R. Keast |
Mechanism and Control of Embryonic Genome Activation in Mammal Embryos |
Temporal and Spatial Coordination of Cells with their Palstid Component / A.W. Coleman ; A.M. Nerozzi |
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Sexual Incompatibility in Plants and Fungi / U. Kuuml;es ; S. Hiscock |
Structural and Functional Evolution of the Natriuretic Peptide System in Vertebrates / Y. Takei |
The Kinetochore of Higher Eucaryotes: A Molecular View / T. Maney ; L.M. Ginkel ; A.W. Hunter ; L. Wordeman |
Mitochondrial Proteins at Unexpected Cellular Locations: Export of Proteins from Mitochondria from an Evolutionary Perspective / B.J. Soltys ; R.S. Gupta |
The Petite Mutation in Yeast: Fifty Years On / X.J. Chen ; G.D. Clark-Walker |
Effects of Stress on Cellular Infrastructure and Metabolic Organization in Plant Cells / M.A. Aon ; S. Cortassa ; D.F.G. Casati ; A.A. Iglesias |
Involvement of Gap Junctional Communication in Myogenesis / B. Constantin ; L. Cronier |
Genetic Analysis of Plant Morphogenesis in Vitro / M. Sugiyama |
The Cell and Developmental Biology of Tendons and Ligaments / M. Benjamin ; J.R. Ralphs |
Some Aspects of Plant Karyology and Karyosystematics / V.G. Grif |
Eph Receptors and Ephrins: Regulators of Guidance and Assembly / D.G. Wilkinson |
Renewal of Photoreceptor Outer Segments and Their Phagocytosis by the Retinal Pigment Epithelium / J. Nguyen-Legros ; D. Hicks |
Key Features |
Factors Controlling Lineage Specification in the Neural Crest |
Phospholipid Transfer Proteins and Physiological Functions |
Dendritic Cell Dynamics in the Liver and Hepatic Lymph |
Protooncogenes as Mediators of Apoptosis |
Glial Cells as Targets and Producers of Neurotrophins |
Cellular and Molecular Biology of Capacitation and Acrosome Reaction in Spermatozoa |
Growth Factors and Epithelial-Stromal Interactions in Prostate Cancer Development / Y.C. Wong ; Y.Z. Wang |
PCR-Detected Genome Polymorphism in Malignant Cell Growth / I.M. Shvemberger ; S.A. Alexandrova |
Cellulose Microfibrils in Plants: Biosynthesis, Deposition, and Integration into the Cell Wall / C.T. Brett |
Cell Biology of Peroxisomes and Their Characteristics in Aquatic Organisms / I. Cancio ; M.P. Cajaraville |
Cellular Responses to Vasectomy / S.W. McDonald |
Role of Activin and Other Peptide Growth Factors in Body Patterning in the Early Amphibian Embryo / Makoto Asashima ; Kei Kinoshita ; Takashi Ariizumi ; George M. Malacinski |
Mesoderm-Inducing Factors and Their Modifiers |
Effects of Activin on the Regional Expression of Specific Genes |
Axial Patterning by Activin(s) |
Life History of Activin Signaling Mechanisms of the Embryo |
Proposed Molecular Models for Activin's Role in Signal Transduction Pathways |
Activin Causes a Broad Array of Differentiations in Vitro |
Conclusion |
Calcium Regulation of the Actin-Myosin Interaction of Physarum polycephalum / Akio Nakamura ; Kazuhiro Kohama |
Calcium Inhibition of Motile Events Related to Actomyosin |
Calcium Inhibition of the Actin-Myosin Interaction of Physarum as Detected in Vitro |
Ca-Binding Properties of Physarum Myosin |
Phosphorylated State and Calcium Inhibition of Physarum Myosin |
Actin-Binding Proteins of Physarum That Are Involved in Calcium Inhibition |
Ca-Binding Proteins in Physarum |
Amebal Myosin and Amebal-Plasmodial Transition |
Characteristics of Skeletal Muscle in Mdx Mutant Mice / Sabine De La Porte ; Sophie Morin ; Jeanine KoenigIX.: |
Animal Models |
Dystrophin, Utrophin, and Associated Proteins |
Mdx Muscle Cells |
Therapeutic Projects |
Regulation of Phosphate Transport and Homeostasis in Plant Cells / Tetsuro Mimura |
Measurements of Inorganic Phosphate |
Distribution of Inorganic Phosphate |
Membrane Transport of Inorganic Phosphate |
Homeostasis and Detection of Pi Status in Plant Cells |
Synaptic-like Microvesicles in Mammalian Pinealocytes / Peter Redecker |
The Mammalian Pineal Organ: A Mediator of Darkness |
Ultrastructural Observations |
Molecular Aspects |
Emergence of Functional Concepts |
Biogenesis of Synaptic-like Microvesicles |
Concluding Remarks and Future Perspective |
Invertebrate Integrins: Structure, Function, and Evolution / Robert D. Burke |
Invertebrate Integrins |
Evolution of Integrins |
Organellar RNA Polymerases of Higher Plants / Wolfgang R. Hess ; Thomas Borner |
The Mitochondrial RNA Polymerase |
The Chloroplast RNA Polymerases |
Evolution of Plant Phage-Type RNAPs |
Eukaryotic Transmembrane Solute Transport Systems / Milton H. Saier, Jr. |
Transport Nomenclature |
The Transport Commission System of Transporter Classification |
Eukaryotic-Specific Families of Transporters |
Transporters Encoded within the Yeast Genome |
Transport Proteins for Which High Resolution Three-Dimensional Structures Are Available |
Neural Plasticity in the Adult Insect Brain and Its Hormonal Control / Colette Strambi ; Myriam Cayre ; Alain Strambi |
Adult Insect Endocrinology |
Behavioral Plasticity and Its Hormonal Control |
Neural Plasticity |
Mechanism of Action of P-Glycoprotein in Relation to Passive Membrane Permeation / Gera D. Eytan ; Philip W. Kuchel |
Mechanism of Transbilayer Movement of Drugs |
Drug Adsorption to the Plasma Membrane |
Stoichiometry of Pgp-Mediated ATP-Hydrolysis to Drug Transport |
An Integrative Model of Drug Transport in MDR Cells |
Is the Multidrug Transporter a Flippase? |
Mechanism of Pgp Modulation |
Mathematica Model of Drug Transport into and out of a Cell / Appendix: |
Plasmodesmata and Cell-to-Cell Communication in Plants / Biao Ding ; Asuka Itaya ; Young-Min Woo |
Plasmodesma, a Supramolecular Complex |
Plasmodesmata in Intercellular Trafficking of Proteins and Nucleic Acids |
Intercellular Macromolecular Trafficking in Animals: Parallel Mechanisms and Functions with Trafficking in Plants |
Plasmodesmata and Plant Developmental Domains |
Secondary Plasmodesmata and Modification of Existing Plasmodesmata |
Some Evolutionary Aspects of Cell-to-Cell Communication |
Differentiation-Related Changes in the Cell Cycle Traverse / G.P. Studzinski ; L.E. Harrison |
Nitric Oxide and Endothelin-1 in Coronary and Pulmonary Circulation / A. Rubino ; A. Loesch ; G. Burnstock |
Phosphoinositide-Kinases and the Synthesis of Polyphosphoinositides in Higher Plant Cells / B.K. Droslash;bak ; R.E. Dewey ; W.F. Boss |
Chlamydomonas Cell Cycle Mutants |
Cellular Aspects of Trophic Actions in the Nervous System / D.M.V. Weisenhorn ; J. Roback ; A.N. Young ; B.H. Wainer |
Conformational Changes of Contractile Proteins and Their Role in Muscle Contraction / Y.S. Borovikov |
Whatever Happened to Acetabularia? Bringing a Once-Classic Model System into the Age of Molecular Genetics / D.F. Mandoli |
The Role of the Dynactin Complex in Intracellular Motility / E.A. Holleran ; S. Karki ; E.L.F. Holzbaur |
Dual Mechanisms of Apoptosis Induction by Cytotoxic Lymphocytes / J.A. Trapani |
Drought-Induced Responses in Plant Cells / Z. Tabaeizadeh |
Peptidergic Control of the Corpus Cardiacum-Copora Allata Complex of Locusts / D. Veelaert ; L. Schoofs |
The Phylogeny of the Insulin-like Growth Factors / M. Reinecke ; C. Collett |
Secretion of Mucous Granules and Other Membrane-Bound Structures: A Look Beyond Exocytosis / I. Deyrup-Olsen ; D.L. Luchtel |
Immune-Endocrine Interactions in the Mammalian Adrenal Gland: Facts and Hypotheses / G. Mazzocchi |
The Structure, Function and Cellular Regulation of Ryanodine-Sensitive Ca 2+- Release Channels / V. Shoshan-Barmatz ; R.H. Ashley |
Autoregulation of Angiogenesis by Cells of the Vessel Wall / R.F. Nicosia ; S. Villaschi |
Fibroblast Growth Factors as Malfunctional Signaling Factors / G. Szebenyi ; J.F. Fallon |
Structural and Functional Characteristics of the Centrosome in Gametogenesis and Early Embryogenesis of Animals / M.M. Krioutchkova ; G.E. Onishchenko |
Cell and Molecular Biology of the Pars Tuberalis of the Pituitary / W. Wittkowski ; J. Bockmann ; M.R. Kreutz ; T.M. Böckers |
Polarization of the Na + , K + -ATPase in Epithelia Derived from the Neuroepithelium |
Demosomes: Intercellular Adhesive Junctions Specialized for Attachment of Intermediate Filaments / A.P. Kowalczyk ; E.A. Bornslaeger ; S.M. Norvell ; H.L. Palka ; K.J. Green |
Control of Genes by Mammalian Retroposons / N.V. Tomilin |
Human Mitochondrial Diseases: Answering Questions and Questioning Answers / N. Howell |
Occludin and the Functions of Tight Junctions / K. Matter ; M.S. Balda |
Pattern Formation and Cell Differentiation: Trichomes in Arabidopsis as a Genetic Model System / M. Huuml;lskamp ; A. Schnittger ; U. Folkers |
The Armadillo Family of Structural Proteins / M. Hatzfeld |
Hepatocyte Growth Factor and the Kidney: It Is Not Just for the Liver / D.F. Balkovetz ; J.H. Lipschutz |
Nature and Role of Proteasomes on the Maturation of Fish Oocytes / T. Tokumoto |
Microfibrils from the Arterial Subendothelium / F. Fauvel-Laf+ve |
Cultivation and Transplantation of Epidermal Keratinocytes / J.V. Terskikh ; A.V. Vasiliev |
Retinoids and Mammalian Development / G.M. Morriss-Kay ; S.J. Ward |
Gene Expression in the Epididymis / C. Kirchhoff |
Roles of Reactive Oxygen Species: Signaling and Regulation of Cellular Functions / I.A. Gamaley ; I.V. Klyobin |
High-Density Lipoprotein: Multipotent Effects on Cells of the Vasculature / S. Reed |
Uterus as the Only Place of Mammalian Development / V. M. Mikhailov |
Structure of Decidual Membranes |
Synthesis and Structure of LDC Nucleic Acids |
Functions of Decidual Cells |
Immunoregulatory Function of Endometrial Granulated Cells (eGC) |
Prostate Development and Carcinogenesis / Y. C. Wong ; X. H. Wang ; M. T. Ling |
Growth and Development of the Prostate Gland |
Development and Progression of Prostate Cancer |
Extracellular Matrix and Sex-Inducing Pheromone in Volvox / Armin Hallmann |
Structure of the ECM |
ECM Biogenesis, Remodeling, and Lysis |
The Sex-Inducing Pheromone: A Powerful Trigger of Sexual Development |
Bridging of ECM Remodeling and Sexual Development |
Membrane and Cytoskeleton Dynamics During Axonal Elongation and Stabilization / Maria Dolores Ledesma ; Carlos G. Dotti |
Early Events in Neuronal Differentiation |
The Mature Stage: Molecular Sorting |
The Mature Stage: Polarized Transport |
The Mature Stage: Maintainance of Polarity |
Polarized Distribution of Intracellular Components by Class V Myosins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Yasushi Matsui |
Structure and Location of Class V Myosins |
Functions and Interacting Proteins of Myo2p |
Function and Interacting Proteins of Myo4p |
Regulation of Class V Myosins |
Concluding Remarks and Perspectives |
Deubiquitinating Enzymes: Their Roles in Development, Differentiation, and Disease / Janice A. Fischer |
Regulating Dubs with Known Ubiquitinated Protein Substrates |
Dubs with Less Well-Characterized Functions |
Mechanisms and Control of Nutrient Uptake in Plants / Robert Reid ; Julie Hayes |
Basic Features of Plant Membrane Transport |
Macronutrients |
Micronutrients |
Functional Mineral Nutrient Transporters on the Plasma Membrane |
Interstitial Cells in the Musculature of the Gastrointestinal Tract: Cajal and Beyond / Juri Rumessen ; Jean-Marie Vanderwinden |
Ultrastructural Identification of IC in the GI Tract |
Identification of IC by Light Microscopy |
New Aspects of Gravity Responses in Plant Cells / Takayuki Hoson ; Kouichi Soga |
Morphogenesis of Plant Seedlings in Gravity-Free Environment |
Resistance of Plant Seedlings to Gravitational Force |
Regulation of Cortical Actin Networks in Cell Migration / Shiro Suetsugu ; Tadaomi Takenawa |
Dynamics and Regulation of Actin Filaments |
Force Generation by Actin Filament Dynamics |
Involvement of Dynamic Actin Filament Reorganization in a Variety of Cellular Functions |
Potential Use of Stem Cells in Neuroreplacement Therapies for Neurodegenerative Diseases / Kiminobu Sugaya |
Basic Considerations in Stem Cell Research |
Promising Transplantable Materials for Neuroreplacement Therapies |
Specific Discussion on Applications for Each Neurodegenerative Disease |
From Genes to Photosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana / Dario Leister ; Anja Schneider |
Evolutionary Considerations |
Mutational Dissection of Photosynthesis |
Regulation of Photosynthesis and Cross-Talk between Chloroplast and Nucleus |
Homologous Recombination and Gene Targeting in Plant Cells / Bernd Reiss |
Mechanisms of Recombination and Gene Targeting in Plants |
Alternative Systems |
Redox Control, Redox Signaling, and Redox Homeostasis in Plant Cells / Karl-Josef Dietz |
Cytoplasmic Redox Milieu and Cellular Redox Network |
Components of Redox and Key Players |
Redox Regulation |
Other Roles of Redox |
The Cellular and Molecular Bases of Vertebrate Lens Regeneration / Jonathan J. Henry |
In Vivo Forms of Lens Regeneration |
Lens Regeneration and Transdifferentiation |
Cellular and Molecular Comparisons between Lens Regeneration and Embryonic Lens Development |
Molecular Control of Transdifferentiation: Hypotheses |
Nature of Inducing Factors Involved in Lens Regeneration |
Role of Mucins in the Function of the Corneal and Conjunctival Epithelium |
Recent Advance in Cell Biology of Polycystic Kidney Disease |
Estrogen Receptos in the Spinal Cord, Sensory Ganglia and Pelvic Autonomic Ganglia |
Regulatory Pathways in Lacrimal Gland Epithelium |
Regulation by RNA |
Interpretation of Mutants in Leaf Morphology: Genetic Evidence for a Compensatory System in Leaf Morphogenesis That Provides a New Link between Cell and Organismal Theories / Hirokazu Tsukaya |
Organismal Theory |
Organismal Theory versus Cell Theory--Case Studies |
Concluding Remarks: Neo-Cell Theory |
Regulation of Nuclear Import and Export by the GTPase Ran / Susanne M. Steggerda ; Bryce M. Paschal |
Overview: Nuclear Transport Pathways |
Ran and Its Primary Regulators RanGEF and RanGAP |
Nuclear Transport Receptors Regulated by Ran |
Ran-Binding Domain- (RanBD) Containing Proteins |
NTF2 and Related Proteins |
The Role of Growth Factors in Tooth Development / Irma Thesleff ; Marja Mikkola |
TGF-[beta] Family |
Fibroblast Growth Factors |
Sonic Hedgehog |
Wnt Family |
Tumor Necrosis Factors |
Notch Signaling |
Other Growth Factors |
Signaling Networks and Dental Patterning |
Actin Dynamics in Platelets / E. L. Bearer ; J. M. Prakash ; Z. LiX.: |
Platelets and Actin |
Actin Filaments in Resting Platelets |
Inhibition of Actin Polymerization in Resting Platelets |
Actin Filaments in Activated Platelets |
Stress Fibers and Adhesion Plaques |
A Model of Actin Dynamics in Platelet Activation |
Photoreceptor Renewal: A Role for Peripherin/rds / Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia ; Andrew F. X. Goldberg |
Organization of Vertebrate Photoreceptors |
Preservation of ROS Organization |
Cellular Processes Coordinating Renewal |
Molecular Basis of Disk Renewal |
Specification of Developmental Fates in Ascidian Embryos: Molecular Approach to Maternal Determinants and Signaling Molecules / Hiroki Nishida |
Maternal Determinants That Control Cell Fates |
Signaling Molecules That Mediate Inductive Interactions |
Specification of the Cell Lineages: Determinants of Cell and Positional Fate in Ascidian Embryos / W.R. Jeffery |
RNA Localization and Germ Cell Determination in Xenopus / M. Kloc ; S. Bilinski ; A. P-Y. Chan ; L.H. Allen ; N.R. Zearfoss ; L.D. Etkin |
Asymmetric Germ Cell Division and Oocyte Determination during Drosophila Oogenesis / W. Deng ; H. Lin |
The Germline in C. elegans: Origins, Proliferation, Silencing / G. Seydoux ; T. Schedl |
Assembly of the Drosophila Germ Plasm / A.P. Mahowald |
Early Events in Mammalian Germ Line / R. Anderson ; J. Heasman ; C. Wylie |
Patterning of the Embryo: The Initial Phase of Embryonic Patterning in Mammals / R.L. Gardner |
Cadherin and Catenins, Wnts and Soxs: Embryonic Patterning in Xenopus / A.L. St. Amand ; M.W. Klymkowsky |
Establishment of Left-Right Asymmetry / H.J. Yost |
Initiation and Early Patterning of the Endoderm / D. Clements ; M. Rex ; H.R. Woodland |
Neural Patterning in the Vertebrate Embryo / C.R. Altmann ; A. Hemmati-Brivanlou |
Cell Biology of Limb Patterning / S.A. Schaller ; S. Li ; V. Ngo-Muller ; M.-J. Han ; M. Omi ; K. Muneoka |
Mechanisms to Establish Polarity and Initiate Cell Fate Determination: Defining Cis-Acting Elements and Trans-Acting Factors in RNA Localization / K. Yaniv ; J.K. Yisraeli |
RNA Localization and Translational Regulation during Axis Specification in the Drosophila Oocyte / R.L. Cooperstock ; H.D. Lipshitz |
Translational Control in Vertebrate Development / C.H. de Moor ; J.D. Richter |
Metabolic Regulation of pH in Plant Cells: Role of Cytoplasmic pH in Defense Reaction and Secondary Metabolism / K. Sakano |
Freeze-Substitution: Origins and Applications / R. Shiurba Myosins |
Genetic Regulation of Gravitropism in Higher Plants / M. Tasaka ; T. Kato ; H. Fukaki |
Biology of Kidney Cells: Ontogeny-Recapitulating Phylogeny |
Circadian Rhythms in Microalgae / M. Mittag |
Proadrenomedullin-Derived Peptides in the Paracrin Control of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis |
Effects of Radiation Damage on Intestinal Morphology / Katharine E. Carr |
Interpretation of Radiation-Induced Changes in Intestinal Structure |
Effects of a Single Dose of Partial Body, Low-LET Irradiation |
Effects of a Single Dose of Unshielded, Low-LET Irradiation |
Effects of a Fractionated Dose of Low-LET Radiation |
Factors Affecting Outcome and Summary for All Schedules |
Nonneuronal Cellular Prion Protein / Jean-Guy Fournier |
The Prion Protein Gene and Protein Isoforms |
Production and Subcellular Localization of Prion Proteins |
Functions of Cellular Prion Proteins |
Cellular Basis of Shoot Apical Meristem Development / Jan Traas ; John H. Doonan |
Cellular Events during Morphogenesis |
Meristem Organization |
Integration of Cells within the Meristem |
Meristem Morphogenesis and Cellular Regulation |
Roles of Cytoskeletal and Junctional Plaque Proteins in Nuclear Signaling / Stefan Hubner ; David A. Jans ; Detler Drenckhahn |
Rules and Players Involved in Nuclear Transport |
Roles of Plaque Proteins |
Nuclear Signaling by Nonjunctional Cytoskeletal Proteins |
Cytoskeleton-Dependent Transport and Localization of mRNA / H. Stebbings |
Special Cytochemistry in Cell Biology |
Plasticity and Stabilization of Neuromuscular and CNS Synapses: Interactions between Thrombin Protease Signaling Pathways and Tissue Transglutaminase / B.W. Festoff ; Z. Suo ; B.A. Citron |
Adipokinetic Hormones of Insect: Release, Signal Transduction, and Responses / D.J. Van der Horst ; W.J.A. van Marrewijk ; J.H.B. Diederen |
Iron Metabolism in Mammalian Cells / B.L. Walker ; J.W.C. Tiong ; W.A. Jefferies |
Mechanisms of Gradient Detection: A Comparison of Axon Pathfinding with Eukaryotic Cell Migration / Anne von Philipsborn ; Martin Bastmeyer1: |
Mechanisms of Gradient Detection in Selected Eukaryotic Cell Types / 2: |
Common Grounds and Diversity / 3: |
Acknowledgments / 4: |
Leptin and the Regulation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis / Ludwik K. Malendowicz ; Marcin Rucinski ; Anna S. Belloni ; Agnieszka Ziolkowska |
Biology of Leptin and Its Receptors |
Expression of Leptin and Its Receptors in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis |
Effects of Leptin on the Central Branch of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis |
Effects of Leptin on the Peripheral Branch of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis / 5: |
Involvement of Leptin in the Pathophysiology of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis / 6: |
Focal Adhesion Kinase and p53 Signaling in Cancer Cells / Vita M. Golubovskaya ; William G. Cance7: |
Structure and Function of Focal Adhesion Kinase Protein |
FAK in Tumorigenesis |
FAK and p53 Association |
FAK and p53 Targeted Therapy |
Cell and Molecular Biology of the Spindle Matrix / Kristen M. Johansen ; Jorgen Johansen |
Microtubule Spindle Dynamics and Force Production |
Evidence for a Spindle Matrix |
Mitochondrial Biology and Disease in Dictyostelium / Christian Barth ; Phuong Le ; Paul R. Fisher |
Mitochondrial Biology |
Mitochondrial Disease |
Oxytocin and the Human Prostate in Health and Disease / Helen D. Nicholson ; Kate Whittington |
The Human Prostate |
Oxytocin and Oxytocin Receptor |
Oxytocin and the Prostate |
Possible Roles of Oxytocin in the Pathophysiology of Prostate Disease |
Plastid RNA Polymerases, Promoters, and Transcription Regulators in Higher Plants / Takashi Shiina ; Yuichi Tsunoyama ; Yoichi Nakahira ; Muhammad S. Khan |
RNA Polymerases in Higher Plant Plastids |
Plastid Promoters |
Plastid [sigma] Factors |
Plastid Transcription Regulators and Proposed Models for Plastid Transcriptional Regulation |
Conclusion and Prospects |
Maintenance of Golgi Apparatus Structure in the Face of Continuous Protein Recycling to the Endoplasmic Reticulum: Making Ends Meet / Brian Storrie |
Golgi Resident Proteins Continuously Recycle to the ER |
What Holds Golgi Cisternae Together into a Stack and Holds Stacks into a Ribbon? |
De Novo Golgi Formation Is Possible But Not Likely During Mitosis |
Conclusions and Future Perspectives: Protein Cycling, Golgi Assembly, and Vesicular Versus Cisternal Progression Models of Golgi Function |
Nucleocytoplasmic Trafficking in Plant Cells / Iris Meier |
Mechanism of Nuclear Import and Export |
Nucleocytoplasmic Trafficking in Plant Regulatory Pathways |
Nucleocytoplasmic Trafficking of Viruses and Viroids |
Nucleocytoplasmic Trafficking of Other Molecules |
Perspectives |
Building In Vitro Models of Organs / Erik J. Suuronen ; Heather Sheardown ; Kimberley D. Newman ; Christopher R. McLaughlin ; May Griffith |
Why Build In Vitro Organs? |
Scaffolding in Tissue Engineering |
In Vitro Corneal Models |
In Vitro Nerve Models |
In Vitro Models of the Cardiovascular System |
Mitochondrion-Derived Organelles in Protists and Fungi / Mark van der Giezen ; Jorge Tovar ; C. Graham Clark |
Mitochondrion-Derived Organelles |
Comparative Genomics |
Evolutionary Perspectives |
Note Added in Proof |
The Flagellum of Trypanosomes / Linda Kohl ; Philippe Bastin |
Cilia and Flagella |
The Trypanosome Flagellum |
Regulation of Growth and Differentiation in Dictyostelium / Yasuo Maeda |
Intercellular Signals Required for the Initiation of Differentiation |
The Early Events Induced by Starvation |
Growth/Differentiation Checkpoint in the Cell Cycle |
Novel and Multiple Functions of Mitochondria in the Developmental System |
Perspective |
Calpain Proteases in Cell Adhesion and Motility / Alan Wells ; Anna Huttenlocher ; Douglas A. Lauffenburger |
Calpains |
Activities of Calpain |
Future Directions |
Transforming Growth Factor-[beta] (TGF-[beta]) and Programmed Cell Death in the Vertebrate Retina / Nicole Duenker |
Programmed Cell Death in the Nervous System |
TGF-[beta] and Retinal Cell Death |
Interaction of TGF-[beta] with Other Pro- and Antiapoptotic Factors in Mediating Retinal Apoptosis |
Molecular Mechanism of Apoptosis Induced by Mechanical Forces / Michael H. Hsieh ; Hiep T. Nguyen |
Detection of Apoptosis |
The Effects of Mechanical Stretch on the Cell |
Stretch-Induced Apoptosis by Tissue Type |
Cellular Functions of Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperones Calreticulin, Calnexin, and ERp57 / Karen Bedard ; Eva Szabo ; Marek Michalak ; Michal Opas |
Endoplasmic Reticulum and Chaperone Proteins |
Nonchaperone Functions of the Quality Control Cycle Components |
Plasticity of Nonapeptidergic Neurosecretory Cells in Fish Hypothalamus and Neurohypophysis / Pavel Evgenyevich Garlov |
Functional Morphology of Nonapeptidergic Neurosecretory Cells of Fish |
Comparative Analysis of the Main Signs of Plasticity of Neurosecretory Cells |
Interactions Between Virus Proteins and Host Cell Membranes During the Viral Life Cycle / Rodrigo A. Villanueva ; Yves Rouille ; Jean Dubuisson |
Interactions Between Virus Proteins and Host Cell Membranes During Entry |
Interactions Between Virus Proteins and Host Cell Membranes During Genomic Replication |
Interactions Between Virus Proteins and Host Cell Membranes During Virus Assembly and Budding |
Nerve Ending "Signal" Proteins GAP-43, MARCKS, and BASP1 / Mark I. Mosevitsky |
GAP-43 |
MARCKS |
BASP1 |
Cellulose Metabolism in Plants / Takahisa Hayashi ; Kouki Yoshida ; Yong Woo Park ; Teruko Konishi ; Kei'ichi Baba |
General Properties of Cellulose |
Cellulases |
Concluding Remarks: Origin of Cellulases |
Survivin: A Protein with Dual Roles in Mitosis and Apoptosis / Sally P. Wheatley ; Iain A. McNeish |
Role of Survivin in Cell Division |
Introduction to Apoptosis |
Survivin and Apoptosis |
Clinical Significance of Survivin in Cancer |
Survivin in Brief |
Hypothalamic Tanycytes: A Key Component of Brain-Endocrine Interaction / Esteban M. Rodriguez ; Juan L. Blazquez ; Francisco E. Pastor ; Belen Pelaez ; Patricio Pena ; Bruno Peruzzo ; Pedro Amat |
Ontogeny, Cell Markers, and Cell Lineage |
Tanycyte Subtypes |
Barrier Properties of Tanycytes |
Polarized Endocytosis and Transcytosis |
Synthetic Activities of Tanycytes |
Tanycytes as Neural Stem Cells |
Short Retroposons in Eukaryotic Genomes / Dimitri A. Kramerov ; Nikita S. Vassetzky |
Structure of SINEs |
Replication of SINEs |
Evolution of SINEs |
Functions of SINEs for the Host Genome |
Plant Genome Analysis: The State of the Art / Christiane Gebhardt ; Renate Schmidt ; Katharina Schneider |
Molecular Linkage Maps of Plant Species and Their Applications |
Plant Molecular Cytogenetics and Physical Maps |
Plant Genomes |
Conclusion and Outlook |
Function and Evolution of the Vacuolar Compartment in Green Algae and Land Plants (Viridiplantae) / Burkhard Becker |
Structure and Function of Vacuoles in Embryophytes |
Structure and Function of Vacuoles in Green Algae |
Evolution of Vacuolar Compartments in Plants |
Cell Biology and Pathophysiology of the Diacylglycerol Kinase Family: Morphological Aspects in Tissues and Organs / Kaoru Goto ; Yasukazu Hozumi ; Tomoyuki Nakano ; Sachiko S. Saino ; Hisatake Kondo |
Molecular Heterogeneity |
Gene Expression in the Brain |
Morphological Analysis of the Subcellular Localization in Tissues and Organs |
Pathophysiological Implications in Animal Studies |
Structure and Function of Desmosomes / Bastian Holthofer ; Reinhard Windoffer ; Sergey Troyanovsky ; Rudolf E. Leube |
Morphology |
Molecular Architecture |
Biogenesis |
Dynamics |
Imbalance of Desmosomal Protein Synthesis in Transgenic Mice |
Interplay Between Desmosomes and Other Cell Components |
Desmosomes and Disease / 8: |
Subepithelial Fibroblasts in Intestinal Villi: Roles in Intercellular Communication / Sonoko Furuya ; Kishio Furuya9: |
Morphological Features of Subepithelial Fibroblasts |
Receptors in Subepithelial Fibroblasts |
Gap Junction Communication |
Mechanosensitive Networks via ATP Receptors |
Roles of Subepithelial Fibroblasts in the Villi |
Syndrome of Aluminum Toxicity and Diversity of Aluminum Resistance in Higher Plants / Jian Feng Ma |
Syndrome of Aluminum Toxicity |
Aluminum Resistance |
Beneficial Effect of Aluminum on Plant Growth |
Cross-Talk Among Integrin, Cadherin, and Growth Factor Receptor: Roles of Nectin and Nectin-Like Molecule / Hisakazu Ogita ; Yoshimi Takai |
Molecular and Structural Features of Nectin and Nectin-Like Molecule |
Formation of Adherens Junctions Induced by the Nectin-Afadin System |
Formation of Tight Junctions Regulated by the Nectin-Afadin System |
Roles of Nectin and Necl-5 |
Common Utilization of Signaling Molecules in Forming Leading Edges and Cell-Cell Adhesion |
Neural Stem Cells in the Mammalian / Brain A. V. Revishchin ; L. I. Korochkin ; V. E. Okhotin ; G. V. Pavlova |
Neural Stem Cells and Their Niches in the Adult Mammalian Brain |
Transcriptional Regulation of NSC Self-Renewal and Differentiation |
Neural Stem and Progenitor Cell-Based Therapy |
Mechanisms of Mitotic Spindle Assembly and Function / Claire E. Walczak ; Rebecca Heald |
Molecular Components of the Mitotic Spindle |
Major Pathways of Spindle Assembly |
Mechanisms of Chromosome Congression and Attachment |
Mechanisms of Chromosome Segregation |
Conclusions and Future Directions |
Multiple Actions of Secretin in the Human Body / Ian P. Y. Lam ; Francis K. Y. Siu ; Jessica Y. S. Chu ; Billy K. C. Chow |
Structure and Regulation of Secretion and the Gene |
Secretin's Actions in the Gastrointestinal Tract |
Secretin's Actions in Other Tissues |
Summary and Future Prospects |
Biology of the Striated Muscle Dystrophin-Glycoprotein Complex / James M. Ervasti ; Kevin J. Sonnemann |
Composition of the Core Dystrophin-Glycoprotein Complex |
Function in Mammals |
Function in Model Organisms |
Providing Unique Insight into Cell Biology via Atomic Force Microscopy / Victor Shahin ; Nelson P. Barrera |
AFM: Principle of Operation and Operation Modes |
AFM Can Measure Forces and Elasticity |
Advantages of AFM |
Application of AFM to Biology |
Characteristics of Oxysterol Binding Proteins / Daoguang Yan ; Vesa M. Olkkonen |
Subcellular Distribution of the ORPs |
Role of the Mammalian ORPs in Lipid Metabolism |
The Yeast S. cerevisiae ORPs |
Role of ORPs in Cell Signaling |
Future Perspectives |