The Pombe Cdc15 Homology Proteins

Pontus Aspenström (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

124 Seiten

2009
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-58706-313-8 (ISBN)

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Cell migration is an extremely complex but also a carefully orchestrated process. It involves the constant reconstruction of the cell shape, in order to adapt to an ever-changing plethora of external and internal stimuli. Time lapse movies of migrating cells often demonstrate a vigorous ruffling activity of the plasma membrane at the cell periphery, specifically at the forefront of the cells. From the film pictures, the motor underlying these activities might seem to be the flow of membranes and the “lipid flow model” for cell migration got a lot of attention during the eighties. The model stated that cell migration is primarily driven by a flow of lipid vesicles from the rear end to the leading end of the cells and it also stated an intimate relation between cell migration and the endocytic cycle. However, this model turned out to be, if not entirely wrong, at least incomplete, since it failed to take into account the activity of the cytoskeleton. We have barely started to recognise the mechanisms underlying the communication between the machinery for membrane dynamics and the regulators of cytoarchitecture. However, it is my sincere hope that this book will help to convince the reader that numerous vital cellular processes occur at the interface between lipid bilayers and proteins.

Pontus Aspenström is a Group Leader at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. The research activities in his laboratory are focused on signal transduction pathways that regulate cytoskeletal dynamics. His research interests include F-BAR proteins, atypical Rho GTPases and the mammalian Verprolins (WIP, W IRE and CR16). Pontus Aspenström received his PhD from the Uppsala University, Sweden and did a post-doc at MRC-LMCB, University College London, London, UK. He has also served as a Group Leader at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Uppsala, Sweden.

Preface 1. Boomerangs, Bananas and Blimps: Structure and Function of F-BAR Domains in the Context of the BAR Domain Superfamily 2. F-BAR Domain Proteins in Schizosaccharomycespombe 3. The Budding Yeast PCH/F -BAR Proteins 4. The PACSIN Proteins and Their Role in Membrane Trafficking 5. PSTPIPl and PSTPIP2/MAYP 6. The CIP4 Family of F-BAR Domain-Containing Proteins 7. The NOSTRIN Subfamily of PCH/F-BAR Proteins 8. FES and FER: The F-BARD om ain-Containing Protein-Tyrosine Kinases

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.6.2009
Zusatzinfo	34 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	317 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie
ISBN-10	1-58706-313-1 / 1587063131
ISBN-13	978-1-58706-313-8 / 9781587063138
Zustand	Neuware