International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology: Volume 292

ISBN-13: 9780123860330 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 296 str.

Kwang W Jeon

Opis

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 transformation and growth. Impact factor for 2009: 6.088.

• Authored by some of the foremost scientists in the field
• Provides up-to-date information and directions for future research
• Valuable reference material for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and professional scientists

Spis treści

• Series Page
• Contributors
• Chapter One: New Insights into the Mechanisms of Cytomotive Actin and Tubulin Filaments
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Mechanisms of Directed Movement
• 3. The Tubulin/FtsZ Family
• 4. The Actin Family
• 5. Concluding Remarks and Future Directions
• Chapter Two: New Insights into the Role of Mitochondria-Associated Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Structural and Functional Heterogeneity of the ER
• 3. The Structure of the MAM
• 4. Components of the MAM
• 5. Function of the MAM
• 6. Significance of the MAM in Cell Physiology and Disease
• 7. Concluding Remarks
• Chapter Three: Strategies for Silencing and Escape
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Basic Description of Types of TEs
• 3. Overview of TE Distributions
• 4. Mechanisms of TE Silencing
• 5. Strategies of Evasion
• 6. Conclusion: The Semiautonomous Genome
• Chapter Four: Current Progress and Potential Practical Application for Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Biology of Pluripotent Stem Cells
• 3. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
• 4. Biomedical Potential of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
• 5. Concluding Remarks
• Chapter Five: Protein Quality Control, Retention, and Degradation at the Endoplasmic Reticulum
• 1. Introduction
• 2. ER Retention
• 3. Chaperones
• 4. CNX Cycle
• 5. Mannosidases and Lectins
• 6. Compartmentalization
• 7. Retrotranslocation
• 8. ERAD
• 9. ER Stress
• 10. Concluding Remarks
• Index