Protoplasmic Streaming

I. Introduction.- II. Types of Streaming.- 1. General survey.- 2. Change in streaming type.- III. Rate and Intensity.- 1. Intracellular velocity distribution.- 2. Rate.- 3. Course and direction of rotational streaming.- 4. Transport-volume and intensity of flow.- IV. Motive Force Responsible for the Protoplasmic Streaming.- 1. Motive force of the rotational streaming.- 2. Motive force of the protoplasmic streaming in myxomycete Plasmodium.- V. Rhythmicity.- 1. Rhythm of motive force generation in the Plasmodium.- 2. Rhythmicity of the protoplasmic motion in plant cells.- VI. Energetics of Protoplasmic Streaming.- 1. Oxygen tension.- 2. Metabolic inhibitors.- 3. The role of ATP in the protoplasmic flow.- 4. Availability of ATP.- VII. Influences of External Factors.- 1. Temperature.- 2. Light.- 3. Ultraviolet rays and other radiations.- 4. Osmotic pressure.- 5. Plasmolysis.- 6. Hydrostatic pressure.- 7. Mechanical pressure.- 8. Gravity.- 9. Centrifugal force.- 10. Electric current.- 11. Action current.- 12. Magnetic field.- 13. Hydrogen ions.- 14 Carbon dioxide.- 15. Salts.- 16. Auxins.- 17. Fat solvents.- 18. Miscellaneous substances.- VIII. Biology and Function of Protoplasmic Streaming.- 1. Inducement of protoplasmic streaming.- 2. Transport of substances.- 3. Locomotion.- 4. Correlation with some physiological activities and seasonal variations.- IX. Experimental Approaches to the Mechanism of Protoplasmic Streaming.- 1. Seat of the motive force in rotational streaming.- 4. Moving fibrils in protoplasm.- 5. The phenomenon of shifting occurring in the plasmagel.- 6. Causal relation between potential difference and the motive force of the protoplasmic streaming.- 7. The mechanochemical system of the protoplasmic streaming.- X. Theories.- 1. Rotational streaming.- 2. Streaming in transvacuolar protoplasmic strand.- 3. Streaming in myxomycete plasmodium.- 4. Independent motion of protoplasmic particles.- XI. Concluding Remarks.- Acknowledgements.- Author Index.