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The biology of cilia and flagella.

The Biology of Cilia and Flagella.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sleigh, Michael Alfred
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Pergamon Press, 1962.
Colección:International series of monographs on pure and applied biology. Division, Zoology ; v. 12.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; The Biology of Cilia and Flagella; Copyright Page; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of Contents; LIST OF PLATES; LIST OF TABLES; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2. THE STRUCTURE OF CILIA; 1. Introduction; 2. The Structure of a Typical Ciliary Organelle; 3. Variations in Shaft Structure; 4. Centrioles and Ciliary Bases; 5. Intracellular Structures Associated with Ciliary Bases; 6. Haptonemata; 7. Stereocilia
  • 8. Bacterial Flagella; CHAPTER 3. FACTORS WHICH AFFECT CILIARY ACTIVITY; 1. Ciliary Activity and its Measurement; 2. The Effect of Temperature on Ciliary Activity
  • 3. Viscosity of the Medium and Ciliary Activity4. Hydrostatic Pressure and Ciliary Activity; 5. Electric Currents and Ciliary Activity; 6. Osmotic Pressure and Ciliary Activity; 7. Ions and Ciliary Activity; 8. Oxygen, Respiration and Ciliary Activity; 9. Adenosine Triphosphate and Ciliary Activity; 10. Hormones and Ciliary Activity; 11. Effects of Other Chemicals on Ciliary Activity; 12. Control of Ciliary Activity by the Organism; 13. Microdissection Studies on Ciliated Tissues; CHAPTER 4. THE MOVEMENT OF CILIA AND FLAGELLA; 1. The Form of Beat of Flagella; 2. The Form of Beat of Cilia
  • 3. The Functions of the Parts of Cilia4. The Mechanism of Beat; 5. The Energy Relationships of Cilia and Flagella; 6. The Determination of the Rate of Beat of Cilia; 7. Summary; CHAPTER 5. THE CO-ORDINATION OF BEAT OF CILIA; 1. Introduction; 2. The Compounding of Synchronously Beating Cilia; 3. Types of Metachronal Pattern; 4. The Mechanism of Metachronism; 5. Some Thoughts on the Origin and Development of Metachronism; 6. Ciliary Reversal; 7. Inhibition and Activation; 8. Root-fibre Systems and Co-ordination of Ciliary Beat; 9. Summary
  • APPENDIX: Some References to the Occurrence and Functions of Cilia and FlagellaREFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX