The Molecular Basis of Sex and Differentiation A Comparative Study of Evolution, Mechanism and Control in Microorganisms /

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Autores principales: Saier, Milton H. (Autor), Jacobson, Gary R. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1984.
Edición:1st ed. 1984.
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5260-3
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505 0 |a 1 Embryology and the Study of Microbial Development -- 2 Molecular Events Accompanying Morphogenesis -- Cell-Cycle Dependent Morphogenesis in Caulobacter -- Control of Vegetative Morphogenesis in Neurospora -- Ion Currents Associated with Morphogenesis in Brown Algae -- The Generation and Roles of Ion Currents in Development -- Selected References -- 3 Cellular Mortality, Growth Regulation, and the Phenomenon of Cancerous Transformation -- Evolution of Multicellularity -- Two Fundamental Types of Cancerous Transformation -- Teratocarcinogenesis—Reversible Malignancy -- Transformation of Normal Somatic Cells -- Selected References -- Chapte 4 Sporulation in Evolutionary Divergent Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes -- Sporulation in Bacillus -- Bacterial Endospore Germination -- Ascospore Formation in Yeast -- Conidiation in Streptomyces and Neurospora -- Fruiting in Myxobacteria and Dictyostelium -- Selected References -- 5 Control of Spatial Differentiation by Chemical Morphogens -- Spatial Control of Fruiting Body Formation in Dictyostelium -- Heterocyst Development in Blue-Green Bacteria (Anabaena) -- The Temporal Program for Heterocyst Formation -- Spatial Regulation of Heterocyst Development -- Control of Morphogenesis in Hydra -- Selected References -- 6 Transmembrane Transport and the Control of Bioelectrical Activities -- Classification of Transport Systems in Bacteria -- Solute Facilitators -- Chemically Driven Active Transport -- Group Translocation Catalyzed by the Bacterial Phosphotransferase System -- Regulation of Transport Function by the Membrane Potential and the Control of Bioelectric Activity -- Evolution of Interrelated Metabolic Enzymes, Transport Proteins, Membrane Receptors, and Regulatory Proteins -- Selected References -- 7 Cell Surface Receptors, Second Messengers, and the Control of Cellular Activities -- Mechanisms of Inter- and Intracellular Signal Transmission -- Control of Carbohydrate Catabolic Enzyme Synthesis by Intracellular Inducer and Cyclic AMP -- Coordinate Regulation of Adenylate Cyclase and Inducer Uptake by the Phosphotransferase System -- Induction of Protein Synthesis by Extracellular Inducers -- Selected References -- 8 Mechanisms of Chemoreception, Electrical Signal Transduction, and Biological Response -- Bacterial Chemotaxis: A Model of Sensation, Regulation, and Adaptation -- Bacterial Chemoreceptors -- The Avoidance Reaction of Paramecium -- Ion Channels and Behavioral Mutants in Paramecium -- Chemotactic Control of Behavior in Dictyostelium discoideum -- Selected References -- 9 Pheromone-Mediated Control of Sexual Activity -- Control of Bacterial Conjugation by Sex Pheromones -- Pheromone Control of Yeast Mating -- Pheromone Control of Sexual Activities in Insects -- Genetic Dissection of Courtship Behavior in Drosophila -- Selected References -- 10 Cellular Recognition: Mechanisms and Consequences of Homotypic and Heterotypic Adhesions -- t Loci in Mice: Components of a Genetic Program for Embryonic Development -- Cellular Recognition and Tissue Formation -- Sexual Agglutination in Yeast -- Developmental Control of Cellular Cohesion in Dictyostelium discoideum -- Heterotypic Adhesion of Bacterial Viruses to Their Hosts and Phage-Mediated Receptor Conversion -- Cell-Cell Contact as a Signal for Induction of Tissue-Specific Protein Biosynthesis -- Contact Inhibition of Fibroblast Growth -- Sea Urchin Egg Fertilization -- Selected References -- 11 Switch Mechanisms Regulating Gene Expression -- Epigenetics in Animal Cells Maintained in Tissue Culture -- DNA Methylation and the Control of Gene Expression in Animal Cells -- Paramutation in Plants -- Transposable Elements in Plants Controlling Gene Expression and Mutation Rate -- Switch Mechanisms in Microorganisms -- Biphasic Flagellar Phase Variation in Salmonella -- Inversion of the G Segment in Phage Mu -- Invertible and Transposable Elements in Differentiation -- Selected References -- 12 Sex Determination and the Interconversion of Mating Type -- Sex Determination in Yeast -- Mating Type Interconversion in Yeast -- Pattern Control of Mating Type Switching -- Sex Determination in Drosophila -- Sexual Interconversion in Higher Plants and Animals -- Selected References -- 13 Genetic Control of Development, Mating Type Determination, and Programmed Death in Ciliated Protozoa -- Genetics of Paramecium and Tetrahymena -- Control of Gene Expression in Ciliates -- Mating Type Determination in Ciliates -- Irreversible Mating Type Determination by DNA Excision -- DNA Excision in Immunoglobulin Synthesis -- Aging and Programmed Death in Ciliates -- Selected References -- 14 Conclusions and Perspectives -- Index 209. 
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650 0 |a Cell biology. 
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650 0 |a Botany. 
650 0 |a Zoology. 
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650 2 4 |a Cell Biology. 
650 2 4 |a Plant Sciences. 
650 2 4 |a Zoology. 
650 2 4 |a Microbiology. 
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