Structure and Assembly

This volume of the treatise deals with structural aspects of the cytoskeleton: the characteristics of the filaments and their components; the organization of the genes; motor proteins; interactions with membranes.

List of contents

Contents. List of Contributors. Preface. Introduction. Microfilament Organization and Actin-Binding Proteins (S.K. Maciver). Control of Microtubule Polymerization and Stability (J. Avila and J.D. Nido). Motor Proteins in Mitosis and Meiosis (T.J. Yen). Membrane-Cytoskeleton (V. Niggli). Actin-Binding Proteins-Lipid Interactions (G. Isenberg and W.H. Goldmann). The Proteins of Intermediate Filament Systems (R.L. Shoeman and P. Traub). Nuclear Lamins and the Nucleoskeleton (R. Stick). Index.

Summary

Deals with structural aspects of the cytoskeleton: the characteristics of the filaments and their components; the organization of the genes; motor proteins; and, interactions with membranes.

Product details

• Authors: J. E. Pryme Hesketh, J.E. (Rowett Research Institute Hesketh, John E. Hesketh, Ian F. Pryme, Ian F. Hesketh Pryme
• Assisted by: J E Hesketh (Editor), J. E. Hesketh (Editor), J.E. Hesketh (Editor), J.E. (Rowett Research Institute Hesketh (Editor), I F Pryme (Editor), I. F. Pryme (Editor), I.F. Pryme (Editor), I.F. (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pryme (Editor), Ian F. Pryme (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.11.1995
• EAN: 9781559386876
• ISBN: 978-1-55938-687-6
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: The Cytoskeleton; The Cytoskeleton
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology, Cellular biology (cytology)