Current Topics in Developmental Biology
Academic Press
Published on 1. January 1969
232 pages
978-0-08-058427-0 (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. 4
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12/1969
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- Front Cover
- Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Volume 4
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Contents of Previous Volumes
- Genetics and Genesis
- Chapter 1. The Outgrowing Bacterial Endospore
- I. Introduction
- II. The Difference between Spores and Vegetative Cells
- III. Processes Involved in the Transformation of Spores into Vegetable Cells
- IV. The Overall Program of Biochemical Events during Outgrowth
- V. The First Molecular Events during Outgrowth
- VI. The Pattern of Protein Synthesis during Outgrowth
- VII. Cell Wall Formation
- VIII. DNA Synthesis and Chromosomal Replication
- IX. Conditions That Influence and Direct the Differentiational Events in the Outgoing Endospore
- X. The Outgrowing Bacterial Endospore as a System for the Study of Cellular Differentiation
- XI. Summary
- References
- Chapter 2. Cellular Aspects of Muscle Differentiation in Vitro
- I. Introduction
- II. Differentiation of Primary Cultures
- III. Myogenic Cell Lines
- IV. Induction of DNA Synthesis and Mitosis in Nuclei within Muscle Fibers
- V. Comments
- References
- Chapter 3. Macromolecular Biosynthesis in Animal Cells Infected with Cytolytic Viruses
- I. Introduction
- II. The Inhibition of Host Macromolecular Synthesis
- III. Why Is Host Macromolecular Synthesis Inhibited by Viruses?
- References
- Chapter 4. The Role of Thyroid and Growth Hormones in Neurogenesis
- I. Introduction
- II. The Role of Thyroid Hormone in Neurogenesis
- III. The Effect of Growth Hormone on Neurogenesis
- IV. Remarks
- References
- Chapter 5. Interrelationships of Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Estrogen Receptors
- I. Introduction
- II. Estrogen Receptors
- III. Subcellular Location of Estrogen-Binding Agent
- IV. Binding of Estrogens to the Cytosol
- V. Cell-Free Binding of Estrogen
- VI. Nuclear-Cytosol Interrelationships
- VII. Conclusions and Speculations
- References
- Chapter 6. Toward a Molecular Explanation for Specific Cell Adhesion
- I. Introduction
- II. Sponge Cells as a Model for Specific Cell Adhesion
- III. Studies on Vertebrate Cells
- IV. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 7. The Biological Significance of Turnover of the Surface Membrane of Animal Cells
- I. Introduction
- II. Composition of the Surface Membrane
- III. The Dividing and Nondividing Cell
- IV. Synthesis and Turnover Rates of the Surface Membrane during the Cell Cycle
- V. Differential Turnover of Components of the Surface Membrane
- VI. Synthetic and Degradative Aspects of Turnover
- VII. Turnover and Repair
- VIII. Speculation on the Malignant Cell
- IX. Conclusions
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
