Dictyostelium: Evolution, Cell Biology, and the Development of Multicellularity

ISBN: 9780521152822 出版年：2001 页码：316 Richard H Kessin Cambridge University Press

Preface 1. A brief introduction to Dictyostelium discoideum and its relatives 2. A history of research on Dictyostelium discoideum 3. The evolutionary biology of Dictyostelium 4. The genome and genetics 5. Membranes and organelles of Dictyostelium 6. Cell motility and the cytoskeleton 7. The transition from growth to development: from starvation to self sustaining cAMP signal relay 8. Chemotaxis and aggregation 9. Differentiation and adhesion in the aggregate 10. Behavior of cells in the slug 11. Culmination 12. Formation and germination of spores 13. Resources References Index.