International Review of Cytology (eBook)

Front Cover 1
International Review of Cytology: A Survey of Cell Biology, Volume 182 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Contributors 8
Chapter 1. What Ever Happened to Acetabularia? Bringing a Once-Classic Model System into the Age of Molecular Genetics 10
I. Introduction 10
II. The Haplophase 31
III. The Diplophase 37
IV. Concluding Remarks 48
References 49
Appendix I. Cultureware and Media Preparation 55
Appendix II. Culture and Genetics 67
Appendix III. Whole Cell Biology Methods 74
Chapter 2. The Role of the Dynactin Complex in lntracellular Motility 78
I. Introduction 78
II. Dynactin Structure and Composition 80
III. Mutational Analyses 103
IV. Models for the Function of Dynactin in Intracellular Transport 108
V. Concluding Remarks 111
References 112
Chapter 3. Dual Mechanisms of Apoptosis Induction by Cytotoxic Lymphocytes 120
I. Introduction 120
II. Mechanisms of Cytotoxic-Lymphocyte-Mediated Cell Death 122
III. Molecular Pathology of CL-Mediated Apoptosis 161
IV. Concluding Remarks 177
References 177
Chapter 4. Drought-Induced Responses in Plant Cells 202
I. Introduction 202
II. Plant Cell Water Status 203
III. Physiological and Biochemical Responses in Plant Cells during Drought Stress 204
IV. Effects of Drought on Oxidative Stress and Gene Expression 217
V. Signal Transduction Pathways Involved in the Plant Cell Response to Water Stress 243
VI. Concluding Remarks 244
References 245
Chapter 5. Peptidergic Control of the Corpus Cardiacum–Corpora Allata Complex of Locusts 258
I. Introduction 258
II. Activities of the Corpus Cardiacum and the Corpora Allata 262
III. Locust Endogenous Neuropeptides 272
IV. Concluding Remarks 297
References 299
Index 312