Formation and fate of cell organelles [recurso electrónico

Formation and Fate of Cell Organelles presents the proceedings of the symposia of the International Society for Cell Biology. Contributors offer their views on various aspects of the problem of spontaneous assembly, particularly how cellular structures arise from the component molecules. They consider whether all cellular organelles and cells, themselves, can arise by spontaneous assembly, or whether some regulation is involved and the mechanisms underlying such regulation. This book is organized into 16 chapters and begins with an overview of self-assembling systems of equal units and how they can be built efficiently, focusing on quasi-equivalence and helical waves on bacterial flagella. This text also discusses the differences in free energy of the molecules in their various states and the use of the free energy of a particular array of molecules to predict what arrays will form. The reader is introduced to intermolecular forces and how macromolecular lipid structures assemble in vitro, along with developments in the resolution of the spindle fibers of the mitotic apparatus. The book also looks into the mechanisms underlying the disposition of microtubules in plant cells during interphase and mitosis, and then concludes with a chapter on some studies dealing with cytoplasmic genes and cytoplasmic inheritance. This book is a valuable source of information for scientists and researchers engaged in fields ranging from cytology and biology to chemistry, pathology, and biophysics. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS , Pages v-vi PREFACE , Pages vii-viii , JAMES F. DANIELLI CONTENTS OF PREVIOUS VOLUMES , Pages xi-xvii THE DESIGN OF SELF-ASSEMBLING SYSTEMS OF EQUAL UNITS , Pages 1-18 , A. KLUG ASSEMBLY OF MACROMOLECULAR LIPID STRUCTURES IN VITRO , Pages 19-37 , J.A. LUCY, AUDREY M. GLAUERT FIBRILLAR STRUCTURE IN THE MITOTIC APPARATUS , Pages 39-54 , DANIEL MAZIA THE DISPOSITION OF MICROTUBULES IN PLANT CELLS DURING INTERPHASE AND MITOSIS , Pages 55-70 , MYRON C. LEDBETTER, John S. Defino ON THE ASSEMBLAGE OF MYOFIBRILS , Pages 71-98 , DAVID SPIRO, MARTIN HAGOPIAN THE STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF CILIA , Pages 99-113 , I.R. GIBBONS PROBLEMS OF MORPHOPOIESIS AND MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURE IN CILIA , Pages 115-173 , D.E. HOOKES, JOHN RANDALL, J.M. HOPKINS ARCHITECTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE MAMMALIAN CENTRIOLE , Pages 175-218 , ELTON STUBBLEFIELD, B.R. BRINKLEY STRUCTURE AND FORMATION OF SOME FIBRILLAR ORGANELLES IN PROTOZOA , Pages 219-232 , A.V. GRIMSTONE IRRADIATION OF CELL ORGANELLES BY A LASER MICROBEAM: PROBLEMS AND TECHNIQUES , Pages 233-238 , MARCEL BESSIS THE FORMATION, PHYSICAL STABILITY, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF PAUCIMOLECULAR MEMBRANES , Pages 239-253 , J.F. DANIELLI THE ORGANIZATION OF PROTEIN IN THE PLASMA MEMBRANE , Pages 255-273 , A.H. MADDY HORMONE-MEMBRANE INTERACTION: THE ACTION OF INSULIN IN RED CELL SYSTEMS , Pages 275-289 , T.L. DORMANDY THE DEGREE OF ORGANIZATION IN THE BACTERIAL CELL , Pages 291-303 , ERNEST C. POLLARD INHERITANCE OF CYTOPLASMIC ORGANELLES , Pages 305-316 , AHARON GIBOR CYTOPLASMIC GENES AND ORGANELLE FORMATION , Pages 317-334 , RUTH SAGER AUTHOR INDEX , Pages 335-342