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.Key Features* How the Assembly Dynamics of the Nematode Major Sperm Protein Generate Amoeboid Cell Motility* Functional Specificity of Actin Isoforms* Cell Biology of Cardiac Development* Role of Programmed Cell Death in Development* Reversible Vacuolation of T-Tubules in Skeletal Muscle: Mechanisms and Implications for Cell Biology..

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...

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...

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.Key Features* Cellular and Molecular Biology of Capacitation and Acrosome Reaction in Spermatozoa* Growth Factors and Epithelial-Stromal Interactions in Prostate Cancer Development* PCR-Detected Genome Polymorphism in Malignant Cell Growth* Cellulose Microfibrils in Plants: Biosynthesis, Deposition, and Integration into the Cell Wall* Cell Biology of Peroxisomes and Their Characteristics in Aquatic Organisms* Cellular Responses to Vasectomy..

Computer simulation techniques are now having a major impact on almost all areas of the physical and biological sciences. This book concentrates on the application of these methods to inorganic materials, including topical and industrially relevant systems including zeolites and high Tc superconductors. The central theme of the book is the use of modern simulation techniques as a structural tool in solid state science. Computer Modelling in Inorganic Crystallography describes the current range of techniques used in modeling crystal structures, and strong emphasis is given to the use of modeling in predicting new crystal structures and refining partially known structures. It also reviews new opportunities being opened up by electronic structure calculation and explains the ways in which these techniques are illuminating our knowledge of bonding in solids.Key Features* Includes a thorough review of the technical basis of relevant contemporary methodologies including minimization, Monte-Carlo, molecular dynamics, simulated annealing methods, and electronic structure methods* Highlights applications to amorphous and crystalline solids* Surveys simulations of surface and defect properties of solids* Discusses applications to molecular and inorganic solids..

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.This volume brings together current information on the localization and roles of RNAs in cell-lineage determination and subsequent patterning in embryonic development. Guest co-editor Lawrence Etkin is one of the leading researchers in molecular genetics of Xenopus.Key Features* A number of important concepts are discussed, including:* How polarity is established during oogenesis* How germ cell determinants become organized in the establishment of the germ cell lineage* Different strategies used by organisms to establish the germ cell lineage* Similarities and differences between the mechanisms used in embryonic patterning* The mechanisms and machinery by which molecules such as RNA become asymmetrically segregated* The use of similar signaling pathways in patterning of the dorsal-ventral and right-left asymmetries, embryonic germ layers, limb, and nervous system* The link between fundamental biological processes such as RNA translation and localization in the regulation of axis specification..

Vital Forces tells the history of the 'biochemical revolution', a period of unprecedentedly rapid advance in human knowledge that profoundly affected our view of life and laid the foundation for modern medicine and biotechnology. The story is told in a clear, engaging, and absorbing manner. This delightful work relates the fascinating and staggering advances in concepts and theories over the last 200 years and introduces the major figures of the times.Vital Forces also describes the discovery of the molecular basis of life through the stories of the scientists involved, including such towering figures as Louis Pasteur, Gregor Mendel, Linus Pauling, and Francis Crick. Combining science and biography into a seamless chronological narrative, the author brings to life the successes and failures, collaborations and feuds, and errors and insights that produced the revolution in biology.* Vividly describes dramatic scientific discoveries, personalities, feuds and rivalries* Answers a general readers quest to understand the nature of life, and the relevance of biochemistry/molecular biology to modern medicine, industry and agriculture..

It has been ten years since the publication of the third edition of this seminal text on plant virology, during which there has been an explosion of conceptual and factual advances. The fourth edition updates and revises many details of the previous editon, while retaining the important older results that constitute the field's conceptual foundation.Key features of the fourth edition include:* Thumbnail sketches of each genera and family groups* Genome maps of all genera for which they are known* Genetic engineered resistance strategies for virus disease control* Latest understanding of virus interactions with plants, including gene silencing* Interactions between viruses and insect, fungal, and nematode vectors* New plate section containing over 50 full-color illustrations..

To retain their usefulness, cultures that manufacture economically valuable products must be uncontaminated, viable, and genetically stable. Maintaining Cultures for Biotechnology and Industry gives practical advice necessary to preserve and maintain cells and microorganisms important to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries in ways that ensure they will continue to be able to synthesize those valuable metabolites. This book covers not just those strains currently being used but also those yet to be discovered and engineered.This text is essential for anyone working with cultures who wants to avoid the frustration of losing strains and needs to be able to devise and evaluate new strategies for preservation.Key Features* Written by hands-on experts in their respective fields* Contains helpful tables and protocols for preserving or maintaining cells, cultures and viruses* Discusses means to preserve cells by freezing, lyophilization, drying, cyoprotection, spore storage, continuous propagation and subculturing when absolutely necessary, and others* Gives information needed to test cultures for stable retention of important characteristics* Gives principles needed to devise and evaluate preservation strategies for newly identified and newly engineered cells and organisms* Lists culture sources for each class of organism* Includes information for characterizing and monitoring recombinant organisms, especially important because of their propensity for genetic stability* Discusses the history of the continually evolving field of culture preservation* Examines the importance of genetically stable cultures as it relates to maintaining patent positions..

This latest collection of proceedings provides a state of the art review of research on inverse problems in engineering mechanics.Inverse problems can be found in many areas of engineering mechanics, and have many successful applications. They are concerned with estimating the unknown input and/or the characteristics of a system given certain aspects of its output. The mathematical challenges of such problems have to be overcome through the development of new computational schemes, regularization techniques, objective functionals, and experimental procedures. The papers within this represent an excellent reference for all in the field.* Providing a state of the art review of research on inverse problems in engineering mechanics* Contains the latest research ideas and related techniques* A recognized standard reference in the field of inverse problems· * Papers from Asia, Europe and America are all well represented..

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.Key Features* Unusual Autonomic Ganglia* Embryonic Genome Activation in Mammal Embryos* Temporal and Spatial Coordination Plastid Components* Sexual Incompatibility in Plants and Fungi..

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.Key Features* Structural and Functional Evolution of the Natriuretic Peptide System in Vertebrates* The Kinetochore of Higher Eukaryotes* Mitochondrial Proteins at Unexpected Cellular Locations* The Petite Mutation in Yeast* Effects on Stress on Cellular Infrastructure and Metabolic Organization in Plant Cells..

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.Key Features* Paternal Contributions to the Mammalian Zygote* Coat Proteins Regulating Membrane Traffic* Regulation of Monoamine Receptors in the Brain* Rhodopsin Trafficking and Its Role in Retinal Dystrophy* Calcium Signaling during Abiotic Stress in Plants..

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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.Key Features* Involvement of Gap Junctional Communication in Myogenesis* Genetic Analysis of Plant Morphogenesis in Vitro* The Cell and Developmental Biology of Tendons and Ligaments* Some Aspects of Plant Karyology and Karyosystematics* Eph Receptors and Ephrins: Regulators of Guidance and Assembly* Renewal of Photoreceptor Outer Segments and Their Phagocytosis by the Retinal Pigment Epithelium..

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.Key Features* Somite Formation and Patterning* Morphogenesis of the Egg Shell in Drosophila* Cell Biology of Cytochrome P-450 in the Liver* Alternative Protein Sorting Pathways* Structural Correlates of the Transepithelial Water Transport* Membrane Trafficking and Processing in Paramecium* Role of Natural Benzoxazinones in the Survival Strategy of Plants..