International review of cell and molecular biology. Vol. 292 /
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| Imprint: | Waltham, MA : Elsevier Academic Press, 2011. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12378661 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- 1. New Insights into the Mechanisms of Cytomotive Actin and Tubulin Filaments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Mechanisms of Directed Movement
- 3. The Tubulin/FtsZ Family
- 4. The Actin Family
- 5. Concluding Remarks and Future Directions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 2. New Insights into the Role of Mitochondria-Associated Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Structural and Functional Heterogeneity of the ER
- 3. The Structure of the MAM
- 4. Components of the MAM
- 5. Function of the MAM
- 6. Significance of the MAM in Cell Physiology and Disease
- 7. Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 3. Strategies for Silencing and Escape: The Ancient Struggle Between Transposable Elements and Their Hosts
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Basic Description of Types of TEs
- 3. Overview of TE Distributions
- 4. Mechanisms of TE Silencing
- 5. Strategies of Evasion
- 6. Conclusion: The Semiautonomous Genome
- References
- 4. Current Progress and Potential Practical Application for Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Biology of Pluripotent Stem Cells
- 3. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
- 4. Biomedical Potential of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
- 5. Concluding Remarks
- References
- 5. Protein Quality Control, Retention, and Degradation at the Endoplasmic Reticulum
- 1. Introduction
- 2. ER Retention
- 3. Chaperones
- 4. CNX Cycle
- 5. Mannosidases and Lectins
- 6. Compartmentalization
- 7. Retrotranslocation
- 8. ERAD
- 9. ER Stress
- 10. Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Index