Communication in Development
Published on 2. December 2012
284 pages
978-0-323-15771-1 (ISBN)
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Communication in Development presents the proceedings of the 28th Symposium of the Society for Developmental Biology, held in Boulder, Colorado, on June 16-18, 1969. It is organized into five parts encompassing 12 chapters that discuss the progress of research in developmental communication, communication within the cell, and cell interaction. The book initially presents the evolution of developmental communication systems in cells, focusing on prebiological models. It goes on to describe intracellular communication from the cytoplasm to the nucleus, and the nature of the molecules that participate in communication. A chapter also describes communication physiology, pointing to cell surface and the nucleus as the first and last sites of developmental change. A discussion on the localization in the developing Fucus egg is also provided. The third part deals with the cellular and molecular events occurring during the inductive phase, with an emphasis on the role of complex cellular interactions. The fourth part covers the mechanism of nervous and hormonal communication in insects. It also presents evidence, obtained by a combination of biochemical and autoradiographic techniques, on the nature of hormone-dependent tissues and their interaction with estradiol. It also discusses the role of auxin as a communication carrier in plant cell enlargement. The concluding part examines the role of nitrate pathway mechanisms in plant cell communication. It also examines the significance of light on plant and animal developmental stages. This book will greatly appeal to cell and developmental biologists, physiologists, and researchers.
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Contributors and Presiding ChairmenI. How It All Came About How Does a Molecule Become a Message? Introduction Some Properties of Languages and Symbols What Is the Simplest Message? What Is the Simplest Natural Language? The Simplest Artificial Languages The Simulation of Origins The Role of Theory in Biology Acknowledgment References Evolution of Developmental Communication Systems Prologue Introduction Prebiological Models: Statistical Prebiological Models: Chemical Prebiological Models: Enzymes Prebiological Models: Replication Epilogue ReferencesII. Much Later-The Cell Communing with Itself An Analysis of Bacterial Growth The System The Collection of Data Numerical Analysis Genetic Analysis The Model Consequences of the Analysis Deficiencies in the Analysis Acknowledgments References Intracellular Communication in Early Animal Development Introduction Evidence for Communication between the Cytoplasm and Nucleus of Differentiating Cells The Nature of Cytoplasmic Components That Influence Nuclear Activity The Passage of Cytoplasmic Molecules into the Nucleus, and Their Association with Chromosomes, in Nondifferentiating Cells The Mechanism of Cytoplasmic Communication with the Nucleus Acknowledgments References On the Centripetal Course of Development, the Fucus Egg, and Self-electrophoresis A Viewpoint of Development and Communication Localization in the Developing Fucus Egg The Amplification Process in Fucales Eggs How to Test the Electrical Hypotheses Direct Measurements of Longitudinal Cytoplasmic Fields Tip Growth as Localized Secretion Concluding Remarks Summary Appendix I: Donnan Potential between Two Similar Fixed-Charge Phases Bearing Few Mobile Ions of the Fixed Charges' Sign Acknowledgments ReferencesIII. Cells Talking with Cells Cellular Interaction in the Induction of Antibody Synthesis Introduction The Role of Peritoneal Macrophages in the Initiation of a Primary Antibody Response in Vitro The Reticuloendothelial System and Antibody Formation in Vivo Ribonucleic Acid from Antigenically Stimulated Macrophages as the Immunogen (Vertical Cell-to-Cell Transmission) Transfer of Antibody Formation by RNA from Cells of Antibody-producing Tissues (Horizontal Transmission) More Cellular Interactions: Lymphocytes Affecting Macrophages A View of Antibody Synthesis Involving Interactions between Three Cell Types Discussion, Speculation, and Conclusions Acknowledgment ReferencesIV.
