Cell Growth [electronic resource] /

Section I: What is a Cell? -- Structure of the Eukaryotic Cell -- Cell and Contractile Protein Evolution -- Discussion -- Section II: Cell Probes -- Immunocytological Methods -- Qualitative and Quantitative Immunoenzymatic Techniques -- Cell Fusion and the Introduction of New Information Into Temperature-Sensitive Mutants of Mammalian Cells -- Various Autoradiographic Methods as a Tool in Cell Growth Studies -- Recent Trends in Electron Microscope Autoradiography -- Growth Parameters in Normal and Tumor Cells: Non-Cycling Cells and Metastatic Variants as Monitored by Flow Cytometry -- Condensed Chromatin: Species-Specificity, Tissue-Specificity and Cell Cycle-Specificity as Monitored by Scanning Cytometry -- Discussion -- Section III: The Cell Cycle -- Growth and Division of Escherichia coli -- Developmental Regulation of Enzyme Synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae -- The Cell Life Cycle and the G1 Period -- The Continuum Model: Application to G1 Arrest and G(0) -- Protein and RNA Synthesis -- Cell Cycle Dependence of Erythroid Maturation -- Initiation of DNA Synthesis and Progression through the S Period -- Primary Cilia and Their Role in the Regulation of DNA Replication and Mitosis -- Regulation of Histone Gene Expression During the Cell Cycle and Coupling of Histone Gene Expression With Readout of Other Genetic Sequences -- Chromatin Structure, Histone Modifications and the Cell Cycle -- Histones of Transcriptionally Active and Inactive Chromatin of Mouse Cells -- Minor Components of the Chromatin and Their Role in the Release of Template Restriction -- Higher Order Chromatin Structure, Proteins, c-AMP, Ions Modifications and Cell Cycle Progression: Experimental Results and Polyelectrolyte Theory -- The Organization of Genes in Chromosomes in Some Ciliated Protozoa -- Cell Cycle Phase-specific Changes in Relaxation Times and Water Content in HeLa Cells -- Discussion -- Section IV: Normal Versus Abnormal Cell Growth -- Reverse Transformation of Chinese Hamster Cells by Cyclic AMP and Hormones -- Cell Conformation and Growth Control -- Coupling of Nuclear Morphometry to Cell Geometry. Its Role in the Control of Normal and Abnormal Cell Growth -- Informational Macromolecules in Stationary and Dividing Hepatocytes and Hepatomas -- Cell Growth and Nuclear DNA Increase by Endoreduplication and Differential DNA Replication -- Cell Transformation by RNA Sarcoma Virus -- Molecular Mechanisms of the Control of Cell Growth in Cancer -- Gene Mutation, Quantitative Mutagenesis, and Mutagen Screening in Mammalian Cells: Study with the CHO/HGPRT System -- Round Table Discussion on Mechanisms Controlling Normal Versus Abnormal Cell Growth -- Section V: Cell Kinetics and Clinical Applications -- Clinical Applications of Flow Cytometry -- The Relevance of Cell Kinetics in Determining Drug Activity in vitro -- Cell Kinetics in Clinical Oncology -- Round Table Discussion on “Are Cell Kinetics Useful in Cancer Chemotherapy?” -- VI: List of Participants -- VII: Contributor Index -- VIII: Subject Index.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Nicolini, Claudio. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Boston, MA : Springer New York, 1982
Subjects:	Medicine., Human anatomy., Medicine & Public Health., Anatomy.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4046-1
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