Baluska / Volkmann / Barlow Cell-Cell Channels

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-46957-7
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 321 Seiten

he biological sciences are dominated by the idea that cells are the functionally autonomous, physically separated, discrete units of life. TThis concept was propounded in the 19th century by discoveries of the cellular structuring of both plants and animals. Moreover, the ap­ parent autonomy of unicellular eukaryotes, as well as the cellular basis of the mammalian brain (an organ whose anatomy for a long while defied attempts to validate the idea of the cellular nature of its neurons), seemed to provide the final conclusive evidence for the completeness of *cell theory', a theory which has persisted in an almost dogmatic form up to the present day. However, it is very obvious that there are numerous observations which indicate that it is not the cells which serve as the basic units of biological life but that this property falls to some other, subcellular assemblage. To deal with this intricate problem concerning the fundamental unit of living matter, we proposed the so-called Cell Body concept which, in fact, devel­ ops an exceedingly original idea proposed by Julius Sachs at the end of the 19th century. In the case of eukaryotic cells, DNA-enriched nuclei are intimately associated with a microtubular cytoskeleton. In this configuration-as a Cell Body-these two items comprise the fundamental functional and struc­ tural unit of eukaryotic living matter. The Cell Body seems to be inherent to all cells in all organisms.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baluska, Frantisek

Volkmann, Dieter

Barlow, Peter W.

Baluška, František

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;CONTENTS;5
2;EDITORS;11
3;CONTRIBUTORS;11
4;PREFACE;16
5;Cell- Cell Channels and Their Implications for Cell Theory;18
6;Mating Cell-Cell Channels in Conjugating Bacteria;37
7;The Tetrahymena Conjugation Junction;53
8;Cytoplasmic Bridges in Volvox and Its Relatives;78
9;Vegetative Hyphal Fusion in Filamentous Fungi;99
10;Plasmodesmata: Cell-Cell Channels in Plants;112
11;Sieve- Pore Pluming Mechanisms;124
12;Actin and Myosin VIII in Plant Cell- Cell Channels;130
13;Cell- Cell Communication in Wood;146
14;TMV Movement Protein Targets Cell-Cell Channels in Plants and Prokaryotes: Possible Roles of Tubulin- and FtsZ-Based Cytoskeletons;159
15;Viral Movement Proteins Induce Tubule Formation In Plant and Insect Cells;171
16;Cell-Cell Movements of Transcription Factors in Plants;187
17;Gap Junctions: Cell-Cell Channels in Animals;195
18;Tunneling Nanotubes: Membranous Channels between Animal Cells;210
19;Cytoplasmic Bridges as Cell- Cell Channels of Genn Cells;218
20;Fusome as a Cell-Cell Communication Channel of Drosophila Ovarian Cyst;227
21;Cytonemes as Cell-Cell Channels In Human Blood Cells;246
22;Paracellular Pores in Endothelial Barriers;255
23;Channels across Endothelial Cells;261
24;Molecular Transfers through Transient Lymphoid Cell- Cell Channels;277
25;Cell-Cell Transport of Homeoproteins: With or Without Channels?;293
26;Virological Synapse for Cell-Cell Spread of Viruses;298
27;Cell-Cell Fusion: Transient Channels Leading to Plasma Membrane Merger;308
28;Index;327