Biology in space and life on earth : effects of spaceflight on biological systems /
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| Imprint: | Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, c2007. |
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| Description: | xvii, 277 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6644314 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- 1. Flight Mission Scenarios
- 2. Sounding Rocket Experiments
- 3. Biobox on Foton and in the Space Shuttle
- 3.1. Biobox-1
- 3.2. Biobox-2
- 3.3. Biobox-3
- 3.4. Biobox-4
- 4. Biorack in Spacelab and Spacehab
- 1. The Gravity Environment in Space Experiments
- 1.1. Introduction to Gravity Research
- 1.1.1. Principle of Equivalence
- 1.1.2. Microgravity
- 1.1.3. Artifi cial Gravity
- 1.2. Gravity Phenomena on Small Objects
- 1.2.1. Sedimentation
- 1.2.2. Hydrostatic Pressure
- 1.2.3. Diffusion
- 1.2.4. Convection
- 1.2.5. Diffusion/Convection
- 1.2.6. Buoyancy
- 1.2.7. Coriolis Acceleration
- 2. Primary Responses of Gravity Sensing in Plants
- 2.1. Introduction and Historical Background
- 2.2. Evolution of Gravity Sensing Mechanisms under the Earth's Gravity Conditions
- 2.3. Specifi c Location and Unique Features of Gravity Sensing Cells
- 2.4. Correlation between Statolith Sedimentation and Gravitropic Responses
- 2.5. Is the Actin Cytoskeleton Involved in Gravity Sensing?
- 2.6. Gravireceptors
- 2.7. Second Messengers in Gravisignalling
- 2.8. Modifying Gravitational Acceleration Forces - Versatile Tools for Studying Plant Gravity Sensing Mechanisms
- 2.9. Conclusions and Perspectives
- 3. Physiological Responses of Higher Plants
- 3.1. Introduction: Historical Overview
- 3.2. Terminological Aspects
- 3.3. Microgravity as a Tool
- 3.3.1. Equipment
- 3.3.2. Testable Hypotheses
- 3.4. Microgravity as Stress Factor
- 3.4.1. Cellular Level
- 3.4.2. Developmental Aspects
- 3.5. Gravity-related Paradoxes
- 3.6. Gravity and Evolution
- 3.7. Conclusion and Perspectives
- 4. Development and Gravitropism of Lentil Seedling Roots Grown in Microgravity
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.1.1. Development of Lentil Seedlings on the Ground
- 4.1.2. Root Gravitropism on Earth
- 4.2. Basic Hardware Used to Perform Space Experiments
- 4.2.1. Plant Growth Chambers: The Minicontainers
- 4.2.2. The Glutaraldehyde Fixer
- 4.3. Development in Space
- 4.3.1. Root Orientation in Microgravity
- 4.3.2. Root Growth
- 4.3.3. Cell Elongation
- 4.3.4. Meristematic Activity
- 4.4. Root Gravitropism in Space
- 4.4.1. Organelle Distribution within the Statocyte
- 4.4.2. Gravisensitivity
- 4.4.3. Gravitropic Response
- 4.5. Conclusion
- 4.5.1. Action of Microgravity on Root Growth
- 4.5.2. Gravisensing Cells and Perception of Gravity by Roots
- 5. Biology of Adherent Cells in Microgravity
- 5.1. Why Cell Biology Research in Microgravity?
- 5.2. Medical Disturbances in Astronauts
- 5.2.1. Similarity to Diseases on Earth
- 5.2.2. Cell Types Potentially Involved
- 5.3. Mechano-receptivity and -reactivity of Adherent Cells in Culture
- 5.3.1. Mechano-transduction at the Cell-Matrix Contacts
- 5.3.2. Mechano-transduction at the Cell-Cell Contacts
- 5.3.3. The Cytoskeleton Network and its Control by the Small RhoGTPases
- 5.3.4. Cells React to Mechanical Stress and Relaxation
- 5.4. Microgravity, the Loss of a Force, Leading to Cellular Disturbances
- 5.4.1. Biological View of the Biophysical Concepts
- 5.4.2. Short Time Microgravity and Space Flights
- 5.4.3. Modelled Altered Gravity
- 5.5. From Ground Research to Investigations in Microgravity
- 5.5.1. Testable Hypotheses
- 5.5.2. Experimental Strategy and Constraints
- 5.5.3. The Future
- 6. Microgravity and Bone Cell Mec
