Cytokinesis in Animal Cells

R. Rappaport (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

404 Seiten

2005
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-01936-1 (ISBN)

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Cytokinesis is the division of the cell body that follows the sorting and transport of chromosomes. This book traces the history of some of the major ideas in the field and gives an account of our current knowledge of animal cytokinesis. It contains descriptions of division in different kinds of cells and the proposed explanations of the mechanisms underlying the visible events. Experiments devised to test cell division theories are described and explained. The forces necessary for cytokinesis now appear to originate from the interaction of linear polymers and motor molecules that have roles in force production, motion and shape change that occur in other phases of the biology of the cell. The localization of the force-producing division mechanism to a restricted linear part of the subsurface is caused by the mitotic apparatus, the same cytoskeletal structure that ensures orderly mitosis.

Preface; 1. Normal cell division; 2. Theories of cell division; 3. The site of the division mechanism; 4. Nature of the division mechanism; 5. Positioning the division mechanism; 6. Formation of the division mechanism; 7. The stimulus-response system; 8. Division mechanism function and its consequences; 9. Informative variations on the normal process; 10. Conclusion; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.9.2005
Reihe/Serie	Developmental and Cell Biology Series
Zusatzinfo	4 Tables, unspecified; 43 Halftones, unspecified; 57 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 229 mm
Gewicht	614 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie
ISBN-10	0-521-01936-2 / 0521019362
ISBN-13	978-0-521-01936-1 / 9780521019361
Zustand	Neuware