Dynamics of Cell Division
Published on 3. December 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
340 pages
978-0-19-963682-2 (ISBN)
Description
This volume focuses on the structural aspects of cell division, ranging from nuclear envelope breakdown to cytokinesis and partitioning of the cytoplasm. It examines spindle assembly and chromosome behaviour in mitosis and meiosis, centromere and kinetochore structure and regulation, telomeres, the role of centrosomes, and mechanisms by which overall regulation is achieved. The up-to-date reviews of each topic provide perspectives on recent important findings. Each chapter presents models and new ideas that accommodate available information.
Reviews / Votes
...'this book succeeds in providing a detailed and balanced review of an exciting subject and is well recommended to both students interested in the cell cycle and researchers already well acquainted with the field, to whom this book may prove to be a valuable source of reference for all aspects of the mechanics of cell division' Cell Biology International 1999 Vol. 23, No. 12More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
4 plates, numerous figures
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
783 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-963682-2 (9780199636822)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Professor Sharyn A. Endow Department of Microbiology 438 Jones Building Duke University Durham North Carolina, USA Tel: 001 919 684 4311 Fax: 001 919 684 8735 Email: endow@galactose.mc.duke.edu Professor David M. Glover CRC Laboratories Department of Anatomy and Physiology University of Dundee Dundee DD1 4HN Tel: 01382 307793 Fax: 01382 307213 Email:d.m.glover@dundee.ac.uk
Content
1. Cell cycle checkpoints: safe passage through mitosis ; 2. Mitotic changes in the nuclear envelope ; 3. Pole apart? Spindle pole bodies and centrosomes differ in ultrastructure yet their function and regulation is conserved ; 4. Microtubule dynamics, molecular motors and chromosome behaviour ; 5. A moveable feast: the centromere / kinetochore complex in cell division ; 6. Telomeres: structure, synthesis and cell cycle regulation ; 7. Meiosis: chromosome behaviour and spindle dynamics ; 8. Inheritance of the cytoplasm during cell division ; 9. Cytokinesis