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International Review of Cytology

Jeon, Kwang W.

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Table of contents
  • CONTENTSv
  • Contributorsix
  • Chapter 1. Metabolic Regulation of pH in Plant Cells: Role of Cytoplasmic pH in Defense Reaction and1
  • I. Introduction2
  • II. An Unquestioned Question: Why Proton System in Plants?3
  • III. Metabolic Regulation of Intracellular pH5
  • IV. Production and Consumption of Protons in Plant Metabolisms21
  • V. Intracellular pH as Signal Transduction Component in Plant Cell–Pathogen Interaction33
  • VI. Concluding Remarks and Prospects37
  • References38
  • Chapter 2. Freeze-Substitution: Origins and Applications45
  • I. Introduction45
  • II. Chemical Fixation„Interpretable Artifacts for Microscopy47
  • III. History„From Freezing-Drying to Freeze-Substitution49
  • IV. Freeze-Substitution62
  • V. Future Strategies and Perspectives75
  • Appendix78
  • References79
  • Chapter 3. Myosins in Protists97
  • I. Introduction97
  • II. Myosin Structure99
  • III. Rhizopoda102
  • IV. Dictyostelida110
  • V. Other Protists121
  • VI. Concluding Remarks126
  • References126
  • Chapter 4. Genetic Regulation of Gravitropism in Higher Plants135
  • I. Introduction135
  • II. Gravitropic Mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana137
  • III. Genetic Regulatory Mechanisms of Gravitropism146
  • IV. Concluding Remarks149
  • References150
  • Chapter 5. Biology of Kidney Cells: Ontogeny-Recapitulating Phylogeny155
  • I. Introduction156
  • II. Regulation of Genes Expression157
  • III. Vascularization and Angiogenesis of Kidney165
  • IV. Specificity of Kidney Cells171
  • V. Responses of Defensive Mechanisms on Risk Factors178
  • VI. Autoimmunity and Nephropathy182
  • VII. Tumorigenesis as a Phenomenon of Cell Biology194
  • VIII. Concluding Remark and Perspectives203
  • References204
  • Chapter 6. Circadian Rhythms in Microalgae213
  • I. Introduction213
  • II. Circadian Programs in Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green Algae)217
  • III. Gonyaulax polyedra, the Glowing Model Alga for Examination of Circadian Rhythms in Dinophyta221
  • IV. Euglena gracilis, an Exemplary Alga for the Investigation of Circadian Biology in Euglenophyta232
  • V. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, the Green YeastŽ for Studying Circadian Clocks in Eukaryotic Algae233
  • VI. Is There an Independent Oscillator in the Chloroplasts of Eukaryotic Microalgae?237
  • VII. Molecular Mechanisms of Circadian Gene/Protein Expression: Common and Different Features237
  • VIII. Concluding Remarks240
  • References241
  • Chapter 7. Proadrenomedullin-Derived Peptides in the Paracrine Control of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-249
  • I. Introduction250
  • II. Biology of Proadrenomedullin-Derived Peptides251
  • III. ADM and PAMP and Their Receptors in the Hypothalamo-Pituitary- Adrenal Axis255
  • IV. Effects of ADM and PAMP on the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis259
  • V. Physiological and Pathophysiological Relevance of the Paracrine Actions of pADM-Derived Peptides271
  • VI. Concluding Remarks274
  • References276
  • Index285
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780123646101
  • ISBN-13 9780080569475
  • Author Jeon, Kwang W.
  • Category Medical
  • Subject Genetics

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International Review of Cytology presents current advances and comprehensive reviews in cell biology--both plant and animal. Articles address structure and control of gene expression, nucleocytoplasmic interactions, control of cell development and differentiation, and cell transformation and growth. Authored by some of the foremost scientists in the field, each volume provides up-to-date information and directions for future research.