Current Topics in Developmental Biology
Academic Press
Published on 1. January 1968
227 pages
978-0-08-058426-3 (ISBN)
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Current Topics in Developmental Biology
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Alberto Monroy | Aron A. Moscona
Current Topics in Developmental Biology: v. 3
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12/1968
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- Front Cover
- Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Volume 3
- Copyright Page
- CONTENTS
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Contents of Previous Volumes
- Levels of Control: A Useful Frame of Perception
- Chapter 1. Synthesis of Macromolecules and Morphogenesis in Acetabularia
- I. Introduction
- II. Morphogenetic Substances and mRNA's
- III. Protein Synthesis in Nucleate and Anucleate Fragments of Acetabularia
- IV. RNA Synthesis in Nucleate and Aniicleate Fragments of Acetabularia. Importance of the Chloroplasts
- V. Other Functions of the Chloroplasts: DNA Replication, Photosynthesis
- VI. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 2. Biochemical Studies of Male Gametogenesis in Liliaceous Plants
- I. Introduction
- II. General Background
- III. Synthesis of RNA in Gametic Cells
- IV. Synthesis of DNA in Gametic Cells
- V. Recapitulation
- VI. Cell Culture
- VII. General Observations
- References
- Chapter 3. Specific Interactions between Tissues during Organogenesis
- I. Introduction
- II. Organogenesis of the Kidney
- III. Relative Specificity of Inductors in Lung and Stomach Differentiation
- IV. Specific and Nonspecific Effects in the Primary Organogenesis of the Liver
- V. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 4. low-Resistance Junctions between Cells in Embryos and Tissue Culture
- I. Introdnction
- II. General Background
- III. Low-Resistance Intercellular Junctions
- IV. Summary
- References
- Chapter 5. Computer Analysis of Cellular Interactions
- I. Introduction
- II. Analysis of Model-Systems
- III. Comments
- References
- Chapter 6. Cell Aggregation and Differentiation in Dictyostelium
- I. Introduction
- II. Aggregation in Dictyostelium minutum
- III. Aggregation in Dictyostelium discoideum
- IV. Induction of Polarity and Cell Differentiation in the Conus
- V. Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 7. Hormone-Dependent Differentiation of Mammary Gland in Vitro
- I. Introduction
- II. Alveolar Differentiation in Vitro
- III. Induction of DNA Synthesis by Insulin
- IV. Requirement of Cell Proliferation for Differentiation
- V. Postmitotic Induction of Milk Protein Synthesis by Prolactin
- VI. Covert Differentiation of Mammary Epithelial Cells by Hydrocortisone
- VII. Concluding Comments
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
