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International review of cell and molecular biology. Volume 298 /

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology 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 transfor...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jeon, Kwang W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waltham, MA : Amsterdam : Academic Press ; Elsevier, 2012.
Colección:International review of cell and molecular biology ; v. 298
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  • Front Cover; International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Chapter One: Cytoskeleton Assembly in Toxoplasma gondii Cell Division; 1. Introduction; 2. Division by Internal Daughter Budding; 3. Composition of the Cytoskeleton; 3.1. Tubulin, actin and company; 3.2. Pellicle and inner membrane complex; 3.3. IMC subcompartments; 3.4. Apical complex; 3.5. Basal complex; 4. Coordinated Development and Dynamics of the Cytoskeleton; 4.1. Initiation of budding; 4.2. Early budding; 4.3. Mid budding; 4.4. Late budding; 4.5. Mature parasites in G1
  • 5. Mechanistic Insights from Disruption of Cytoskeletal Components6. Toxoplasma Cell Division in Other Life Cycle Stages; 7. Conclusions and Open Questions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter Two: Functional Diversity of Actin Cytoskeleton in Neurons and its Regulation by Tropomyosin; 1. Introduction; 2. Structural Filament Components in Neurons; 3. Actin Cytoskeleton in Neurons; 3.1. Structural organization of actin filaments within neuronal subcellular compartments; 3.1.1. Actin in neurite formation, extension, and branching; 3.1.2. Actin and microtubules; 3.1.3. Actin at the synapse
  • 3.2. Mechanistic challenge4. Actin-Associated Proteins Regulating the Organizational State of Microfilaments in Neuronal Systems; 4.1. F-actin nucleating proteins; 4.2. F-actin length regulating proteins; 4.3. F-actin crosslinking proteins; 4.4. Myosin motor proteins; 4.5. F-actin side associated proteins; 5. Family of Tropomyosin Actin-Associating Proteins; 5.1. Gene structure; 5.2. Protein structure; 5.3. Proposed function of cytoskeletal tropomyosins; 5.4. Tropomyosin isoform expression in neurons; 6. Tropomyosins Define Functional Compartments
  • 6.1. Tropomyosin isoforms define different F-actin population-dependent structures6.2. Potential tropomyosin isoform sorting mechanisms; 7. Functional Significance of Tropomyosin Isoform Expression in Neurons; 7.1. In vitro and in vivo model systems; 8. Actin and Tropomyosin in Neurological Disorders; 8.1. Cognitive disorders; 8.2. Psychotic disorders; 9. Integrated Model of Microfilament Function; 10. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter Three: Osteohematopoietic Stem Cell Niches in Bone Marrow; 1. Introduction; 2. Developmental Hematopoiesis
  • 3. Cellular Hierarchies in HSCs-Their Properties and Regulation3.1. Immunophenotypic subsets of HSCs; 3.1.1. Murine markers; 3.1.2. Human markers; 3.2. Functional hierarchies; 3.2.1. Colony-forming unit assays; 3.2.2. Colony-forming unit assay-spleen; 3.2.3. Long-term repopulation assay; 3.2.4. Competitive repopulation unit; 3.2.5. SCID-repopulating cell; 4. Hematopoietic Niche; 4.1. BM architecture; 4.2. Endosteal niche-Properties, components, and functions; 4.2.1. Evidence for endosteal niche/osteoblasts in regulation of HSC functions; 4.2.1.1. Hormones; 4.2.1.2. Cell adhesion molecules