International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology, Volume 284

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology presents current advances and comprehensive reviews in cell biology--both plant and animal. Articles address structure and control of gene expression, nucleocytoplasmic interactions, control of cell development and differentiation, and cell transformation and growth. Impact factor for 2008: 4.935. * Authored by some of the foremost scientists in the field * Provides up-to-date information and directions for future research * Valuable reference material for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and professional scientists Content: Series Editors Page ii Copyright Page Page iv Contributors Page vii Chapter 1 - Functional Nuclear Architecture Studied by Microscopy: Present and Future Pages 1-90 Jacques Rouquette, Christoph Cremer, Thomas Cremer, Stanislav Fakan Chapter Two - Meiotic silencing in Caenorhabditis elegans Pages 91-134 Eleanor M. Maine Chapter 3 - Lipid Rafts, Caveolae, and Their Endocytosis Pages 135-163 Patrick Lajoie, Ivan R. Nabi Chapter Four - New Insights into the Mechanism of Fibroblast to Myofibroblast Transformation and Associated Pathologies Pages 165-192 Mitchell A. Watsky, Karl T. Weber, Yao Sun, Arnold Postlethwaite Subject Index Pages 193-196