International Cell Biology 1980–1981: Papers Presented at the Second International Congress on Cell Biology Berlin (West), August 31 – September 5, 1980

Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The City of Berlin and Some Modern Approaches to the Cancer Problem....Pages 3-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Examination of the Genes Coding for α - and β -Tubulin....Pages 15-27
Transcription of Complex Structural Genes in the Xenopus Oocyte System....Pages 28-32
The Transcription of Satellite and Ribosomal DNA Sequences on Lampbrush Chromosomes of Crested Newts....Pages 33-46
Structures of the U-snRNAs....Pages 47-52
The Association of Small Nuclear RNA Species with Rapidly Sedimenting Subnuclear Structures....Pages 53-59
RNA Processing in Frog Oocytes Microinjected with Cloned Genes....Pages 60-65
Composition and Structural Organization of Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein in Amphibian Oocytes....Pages 66-71
The Large hnRNP Complexes of Rat Liver. Protein and RNA Moieties....Pages 72-76
hnRNP Protein Distribution in Various Differentiated Vertebrate Cells....Pages 77-84
Interaction of Eukaryotic Ribosomes with Messenger RNA: Evidence for a Scanning Mechanism....Pages 85-92
Structural Organization of the Escherichia coli Ribosomes and Localization of Functional Domains....Pages 93-102
The Ribosome as a Phylogenetic Probe....Pages 103-110
The Isolation, from the Perikarya of Cholinergic Neurones, of mRNAs Capable of Synthesizing Synaptic Proteins in Cell-free Systems....Pages 111-113
Gene Transfer in Xenopus Eggs and Oocytes....Pages 114-118
A Microinjection Technique Converting Living Cells into Test Tubes....Pages 119-127
Structure of DNA in Chromatin....Pages 128-138
Evidence for the Existence of Globular Units in the Supranucleosomal Organization of Chromatin....Pages 139-151
Higher Order Structure in Chromosomes....Pages 152-161
Chromatin Assembly and the Co-ordination of DNA Replication in the Eukaryotic Chromosome....Pages 162-167
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
The Use of Mutants in the Analysis of Meiosis....Pages 168-177
Chromosomal Axes During and After Diplotene....Pages 178-186
Unusual Mechanisms of Chromosome Pairing in Arthropoda....Pages 187-194
Chromosome Pairing, Crossing Over, Chiasma Formation and Disjunction as Revealed by Three Dimensional Reconstructions....Pages 195-204
The Nuclear Matrix: Modulator of Nuclear Membrane Fluidity?....Pages 205-213
The Nuclear Matrix: A Structural Milieu for the Intranuclear Attachment and Replication of Eucaryotic DNA....Pages 214-224
Organization and Expression of Genetic Information in Human Mitochondrial DNA....Pages 225-238
The Biogenesis of Mitochondria in Yeast and Other Primitive Eukaryotes....Pages 239-249
Chloroplast and Nucleus: Concerted Interplay Between Genomes of Different Cell Organelles. The Emil Heitz Lecture....Pages 250-272
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Microtubule-dependent Intracellular Transport in Chromatophores....Pages 275-285
Intermediate Filaments: Intracellular Diversities and Interspecies Homologies....Pages 286-292
Changes in Intermediate-Sized Filaments During Myogenesis and Neurogenesis....Pages 293-305
Microfilament-Membrane Interactions in Cell Shape and Surface Architecture....Pages 306-320
The Anchorage of Cell Surface Receptors to the Cytoskeleton....Pages 321-330
F-Actin Patterns Quantitated with Fl-Phalloidin in Skin Fibroblasts of Individuals Genetically Predisposed to Colon Cancer....Pages 331-335
The Polymerization of Actin....Pages 336-345
Physiological Aspects of Actomyosin-Based Cell Motility....Pages 346-358
Microtubule Polarity and Interaction in Mitotic Spindle Function....Pages 359-368
Quantitative Structure Analysis of the Mitotic Spindle....Pages 369-381
Physiology of Chromosome Movement in Lysed Cell Models....Pages 382-391
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Molecular Morphogenesis of the Z-Disc in Muscle Cells....Pages 392-398
Front Matter....Pages 399-399
Surface Determinants in American Trypanosomes....Pages 401-410
Use of Mutants to Study the Biochemistry of the Host-parasite Relationship in Cultured Cells Infected with Toxoplasma gondii ....Pages 411-420
Correction of Lysosomal Enzyme Deficiences by Enzyme Replacement....Pages 421-423
Disorders of Contractile and Cytoskeletal Elements — Introduction....Pages 424-427
The Cytoskeleton and Neuronal Disease....Pages 428-439
Genetic Disorders of Cilia....Pages 440-447
Cellular Transformation by Polyoma Virus....Pages 448-456
Rous Sarcoma Virus Transformation: Action of the Src Gene Product....Pages 457-466
What is the Significance of Chromosome Aberrations in Malignant Cells?....Pages 467-476
Molecular Control of Disease Resistance in Plants....Pages 477-482
Front Matter....Pages 483-483
Polarity and Gradients in Tip Growing Plant Cells....Pages 485-488
Polarity Changes and Tissue Organization in Plants....Pages 489-496
Polarity and Gradients in Insect Development....Pages 497-506
The Role of Ion Currents in Establishing Developmental Gradients....Pages 507-511
Analysis of Differentiation by Fusion of Cells and Cell Fragments....Pages 512-518
Embryonic Cell Lineages and Segregation of Developmental Potential in Caenorhabditis elegans ....Pages 519-525
The Role of Topographical Factors in Cell Interaction and Determination of Cell Lines in Molluscan Development....Pages 526-538
Skeletal Myogenesis: Evidence for a Programmed Cell Lineage....Pages 539-541
Collagen Types as Markers for Differentiation of Connective Tissue Cells....Pages 542-551
Front Matter....Pages 483-483
Papovaviruses as Probes to Study Developmental Changes in Embryonal Carcinoma Cells....Pages 552-556
Front Matter....Pages 557-557
Non-bilayer Lipids and the Inner Mitochondrial Membrane....Pages 559-571
The Spike Glycoprotein of Semliki Forest Virus — A Model for Plasma Membrane Proteins....Pages 572-578
Components of Microsomal Membranes Involved in the Insertion and Cotranslational Processing of Proteins Made on Bound Polysomes....Pages 579-589
Functional Relationship Between Cell Surface and Lysosomes During Pinocytosis....Pages 590-600
Recognition Marker in Lysosomal Enzymes: Presence of α -N-acetylglucosamine(1)phospho(6)mannose Diester Groups....Pages 601-603
Studies of the Mechanism of Phagocytosis....Pages 604-612
Receptor-mediated Endocytosis in Cultured Cells: Coated Pits, Receptosomes, and Lysosomes....Pages 613-621
Exocytosis: Flow Routes and Kinetics as Related to Membrane Recycling....Pages 622-632
Functions and Biogenesis of Peroxisomes, 1980....Pages 633-639
Ultrastructural and Cytochemical Aspects of Animal Peroxisomes — Some Recent Observations....Pages 640-650
Microbodies (Peroxisomes) in Soybean Root Nodules....Pages 651-656
Transcytosis and Traffic of Membranes in the Endothelial Cell....Pages 657-672
The Structure and Role of Membranes in the Mitotic Apparatus....Pages 673-686
Trans-membrane Signals During Progesterone-mediated Meiosis in Xenopus laevis Oocytes: Their Modulation by Other Inducers or by Inhibitors of Steroid Action....Pages 687-695
The Structure of the Thyrotropin (TSH) Receptor: Potential Role of Gangliosides and Relationship to Receptors for Interferon and Bacterial Toxins....Pages 696-706
Preservation of Functional Properties of the Acetylcholine Receptor After Solubilization....Pages 707-710
Ultrastructure of the Renal Na,K-ion Pump....Pages 711-718
Energy Transduction in H + -ATPase....Pages 719-727
Axonal Transport and Neuronal Activity....Pages 728-736
Front Matter....Pages 557-557
Regulation of Cell Contact Behaviour....Pages 737-743
Glycolipid-associated Proteins and Their Possible Functions: Their Role as Antigens and in Cell Adhesion....Pages 744-748
Recognition Between Plant Cells and Microbes is Regulated by Complex Carbohydrates....Pages 749-760
Transmembrane Linkage and Cell Attachment: the Role of Vinculin....Pages 761-773
The Role of Pseudopodial Reactions in the Attachment of Normal and Transformed Cells....Pages 774-778
Infiltration of Metastasizing Tumor Cells into Liver and Lungs....Pages 779-787
Cell Attachment and Locomotion, Invasive Growth and Metastasis — Some Problems in Metastasis....Pages 788-793
Invasion of Vascular Endothelial Cell Monolayers and Underlying Matrix by Metastatic Human Cancer Cells....Pages 794-799
Gangliosides and Tumorigenesis....Pages 800-804
Front Matter....Pages 805-805
The Circadian Rhythms in Bioluminescence, Photosynthesis and Organellar Movements in the Large Dinoflagellate, Pyrocystis fusiformis ....Pages 807-814
Temporal Regulation in the Individual Gonyaulax Cell....Pages 815-822
Circadian Clock-controlled Growth Cycle in Chlamydomonas reinhardi ....Pages 823-830
Clocked Cell Cycle Clocks: Ultradian, Orcadian, and Infradian Interfaces....Pages 831-845
Cell Division Control: Why Clocks Are Inadequate....Pages 846-850
Evidence for a Temporary Nonfunctional Steroid Receptor: Seasonal Rhythm in the Biological Activity of the Progesterone-Receptor in the Chick Oviduct....Pages 851-859
Non-activated Form of the Progesterone Receptor in the Chick Oviduct....Pages 860-871
Selection of Somatic Hybrids in Plants....Pages 872-878
Enucleation of Garlic Protoplasts by Means of Cytochalasin B and Centrifugation....Pages 879-879
Development of Mini-Microspores in Pollen-Derived Haploids of Triticum aestivum L.....Pages 880-883
Organelle Segregation in Somatic Cybrid and Hybrid Plants and Progenies Derived from Nicotiana Protoplast Fusion....Pages 884-888
Front Matter....Pages 805-805
Permeation, Diffusion and Structure of Water in Living Cells....Pages 889-903
Water and the Living Cell as Seen from the Viewpoint of a New Paradigm....Pages 904-914
Soluble and “Loosely Bound” Nuclear Proteins in Regulation of the Ionic Environment in Living Cell Nuclei....Pages 915-924
Distribution and Function of Water and Ions in Resting and Contracted Muscle....Pages 925-940
Electron Microscopic Demonstration of Potassium Binding Sites in Muscle....Pages 941-948
Mineralizing Systems in Nature, A Challenge to the Cell Biologists....Pages 949-956
Intracellular Calcium in Mineralizing Tissues....Pages 957-965
Crystallinity of Tissue Mineral Deposited in the Course of Biomineralization Processes....Pages 966-973
Early Stages of Crystal Nucleation in Hard Tissue Formation....Pages 974-982
Role of a Glycoprotein and of Proteoglycans in the Calcification of Cartilage and Bone....Pages 983-992
The Origin of Matrix Vesicles and Their Role in the Calcification of Cartilage and Bone....Pages 993-1003
Keratinization and Structural Organization in Epidermal Cell Cultures....Pages 1004-1014
Back Matter....Pages 1015-1033