Cell Dynamics: Molecular Aspects of Cell Motility Cytoskeleton in Cellular Structure and Activity

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Motion-Controlled ATP Hydrolysis in Reconstituted Streaming from Rabbit Skeletal Muscle....Pages 3-8
Purification and Characterization of 83 kDa Nonmuscle Caldesmon from Cultured Rat Cells: Changes in Its Expression upon L 6 Myogenesis....Pages 9-21
Construction and Analysis of Dictyostelium Mutants with Defects in Actin-Binding Proteins....Pages 22-26
Actin-Induced Elongation of Fibers Composed of Cytoplasmic Membrane from Nitella ....Pages 27-36
Domain Structure of Physarum Myosin Heavy Chain....Pages 37-47
Immunoelectron Microscopic Localization of the Physarum 36,000-Dalton Actin Binding Protein on the Surface of Vesicular Structures in the Plasmodium....Pages 48-56
Manipulating Single Microtubules....Pages 57-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Cytochalasin-Induced Ultrastructural Alterations in Nicotiana Pollen Tubes....Pages 65-75
Pinocytosis and Locomotion of Amoebae XVII. Different Morphodynamic Forms of Endocytosis and Microfilament Organization in Amoeba proteus ....Pages 76-87
Diffusion of Substances in the Cytoplasm and Across the Nuclear Envelope in Egg Cells....Pages 88-94
Cytoskeletal Ultrastructure of Phragmoplast-Nuclei Complexes Isolated from Cultured Tobacco Cells....Pages 95-103
Structural Analysis of the Sea Urchin Egg Cortex Isolated on a Substratum....Pages 104-115
The Actin Cytoskeleton and Polar Water Permeability in Characean Cells....Pages 116-130
A New Class of Photoactivated Fixatives for Immunocytochemistry....Pages 131-136
An Insoluble Matrix of the Nerve Cytoskeleton....Pages 137-144
Role of Microtubules in Hormone Secretory Function of the Rat Anterior Pituitary....Pages 145-157
Back Matter....Pages 159-163