Current Frontiers and Perspectives in Cell Biology

564 Pages·2012·30.788 MB·English

by  S. Najman

CURRENT FRONTIERS

AND PERSPECTIVES
IN CELL BIOLOGY

Edited by Stevo Najman
Current Frontiers and Perspectives in Cell Biology
Edited by Stevo Najman

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Current Frontiers and Perspectives in Cell Biology, Edited by Stevo Najman
p. cm.
ISBN 978-953-51-0544-2

Contents

Section 1 Cell Structures and Functions 1
Chapter 1 Tight Junctions 3
Lorenza González-Mariscal, Miguel Quirós,
Mónica Díaz-Coránguez and Pablo Bautista
Chapter 2 Tubulohelical Membrane Arrays,
Annulate Lamellae and Nuclear Pores:
Tripartite Membrane Architecture with
the Participation of Nucleoporins 31
Siegfried Reipert and Elena Kiseleva
Chapter 3 Actin Folding, Structure and Function:
Is It a Globular or an Intrinsically Disordered Protein? 57
Olga I. Povarova, Anna I. Sulatskaya,
Irina M. Kuznetsova and Konstantin K. Turoverov
Chapter 4 Microtubules During the Cell Cycle
of Higher Plant Cells 81
Elena Smirnova
Section 2 Genetic Material:
Structure and Expression 103
Chapter 5 Centromere Evolution:
Digging into Mammalian Primary Constriction 105
Giuliana Giannuzzi,
Claudia Rita Catacchio and Mario Ventura
Chapter 6 mRNA Biogenesis in the Nucleus and
Its Export to the Cytoplasm 131
Naoko Fujiwara, Takuya Shiki and Seiji Masuda
VI Contents

Chapter 7 Membrane Initiated Effects of
1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D in Prostate Cancer Cells:
3
Effects on AP1 and CREB Mediated Transcription 153
Dennis Larsson, Adele Jonas,
Niklas Bergsten, Fredrik Ståhl and Sandra Karlsson
Chapter 8 Genetic Transformation and Analysis of
Protein-Protein Interaction of Class B MADS-Box Genes
from Dendrobium moniliforme 163
Supatida Abdullakasim and Takashi Handa
Section 3 Molecular and Cellular Regulatory Mechanisms 179
Chapter 9 Exploring Secrets of Nuclear Actin Involvement in
the Regulation of Gene Transcription and
Genome Organization 181
Yong Zhong Xu, Cynthia Kanagaratham and Danuta Radzioch
Chapter 10 Signaling of Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in the Nucleus 211
Sally-Anne Stephenson,
Inga Mertens-Walker and Adrian Herington
Chapter 11 G Protein-Coupled Receptors-Induced Activation of
Extracellular Signal-Regulated Protein Kinase (ERK) and
Sodium-Proton Exchanger Type 1 (NHE1) 235
Maria N. Garnovskaya
Chapter 12 The Kinetochore and Mitosis: Focus on
the Regulation and Correction Mechanisms
of Chromosome-to-Microtubule Attachments 259
Rita M. Reis and Hassan Bousbaa
Chapter 13 Molecular and Sub-Cellular Gametogenic Machinery
of Stem and Germline Cells Across Metazoa 279
Andrey I. Shukalyuk and Valeria V. Isaeva
Chapter 14 Drosophila: A Model System That Allows in vivo
Manipulation and Study of Epithelial Cell Polarity 315
Andrea Leibfried and Yohanns Bellaïche
Chapter 15 Development and Cell Polarity of
the C. elegans Intestine 335
Olaf Bossinger and Michael Hoffmann
Chapter 16 Intercellular Communication 361
Nuri Faruk Aykan
Contents VII

Section 4 Cellular Basis of Disease and Therapy 377
Chapter 17 Adult Stem Cells in Tissue Homeostasis and Disease 379
Elena Lazzeri, Anna Peired, Lara Ballerini and Laura Lasagni
Chapter 18 Claudins in Normal and Lung Cancer State 423
V. Morales-Tlalpan, C. Saldaña, P. García-Solís,
H. L. Hernández-Montiel and H. Barajas-Medina
Chapter 19 Biology of Cilia and Ciliopathies 423
David Alejandro Silva, Elizabeth Richey and Hongmin Qin
Chapter 20 The Roles of ESCRT Proteins
in Healthy Cells and in Disease 453
Jasmina Ilievska, Naomi E. Bishop,
Sarah J. Annesley and Paul R. Fisher
Chapter 21 Autologous Grafts of Mesenchymal Stem Cells –
Between Dream and Reality 481
Frédéric Torossian, Aurelie Bisson,
Laurent Drouot, Olivier Boyer and Marek Lamacz
Section 5 New Methods in Cell Biology 501
Chapter 22 Salivary Glands: A Powerful Experimental System to
Study Cell Biology in Live Animals by
Intravital Microscopy 503
Monika Sramkova, Natalie Porat-Shliom,
Andrius Masedunkas, Timothy Wigand,
Panomwat Amornphimoltham and Roberto Weigert
Chapter 23 Evaluation of Mitochondrial DNA Dynamics
Using Fluorescence Correlation Analysis 525
Yasutomo Nomura
Chapter 24 Regeneration and Recycling of Supports for Biological
Macromolecules Purification 535
Marcello Tagliavia and Aldo Nicosia

Section 1
Cell Structures and Functions