Volume 2

Gene expression / Benjamin Lewin.

  • Lewin, Benjamin.
Date:
1974-1977
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Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: Gene expression / Benjamin Lewin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Contents PART I CELL STRUCTURE AND GENETICS 1 Introduction: The Genetic Apparatus 3 The Eucaryotic Chromosome, 4 The Genetic Material, 7 2 The Cell Skeleton: Microtubule Assemblies 11 Occurrence of Microtubules, 12 Microtubule Ultrastructure, 13 Components of Tubulin, 18 Polymerization of Tubulin, 20 Initiation of Microtubule Assembly, 22 Microtubule Elongation, 28 Interactions of Microtubules with Mitotic Inhibitors, 30 Binding of Colchicine to Tubulin, 33 Formation of Paracrystals with Vinblastine, 35 Poisoning Action of Alkaloids, 36 Cytoplasmic Network of Microtubules, 38 3 The Cell Skeleton: The Contractile Network 43 Protein Components of Muscle, 44 Occurrence of Cytoplasmic Contractile Proteins, 48 Presence of Actin in Cytoplasmic Microfilaments, 51 Network of Contractile Proteins, 57 Stress Fibers and Cell Motility, 60 Microfilaments and Microtubules in the Cell Skeleton, 63 Disruption of Microfilaments by Cytochalasin B, 64 Intermediate Filaments, 67 Detergent Resistant Cytoskeleton, 69 4 Chromosome Segregation: Mitosis 71 The Mitotic Apparatus, 71 Development of the Centromere, 74