Tetrahymena Thermophila

Content: 
Front Matter
Pages i-iii

Copyright
Page iv

Contributors
Pages xi-xii

Preface
Page xiii
Kathleen Collins

Chapter 1 - Perspectives on the Ciliated Protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila
Pages 1-7
Kathleen Collins

Chapter 2 - The Life and Times of Tetrahymena
Pages 9-27
Denis H. Lynn, F. Paul Doerder

Chapter 3 - Nuclear Dualism
Pages 29-52
Kathleen M. Karrer

Chapter 4 - Whole Genome Studies of Tetrahymena
Pages 53-81
Robert S. Coyne, Nicholas A. Stover, Wei Miao

Chapter 5 - From Molecules to Morphology: Cellular Organization of Tetrahymena thermophila
Pages 83-140
Dorota Wloga, Joseph Frankel

Chapter 6 - Conservation and Innovation in Tetrahymena Membrane Traffic: Proteins, Lipids, and Compartments
Pages 141-175
Alejandro D. Nusblat, Lydia J. Bright, Aaron P. Turkewitz

Chapter 7 - Developmental progression of Tetrahymena through the cell cycle and conjugation
Pages 177-236
Eric Cole, Toshiro Sugai

Chapter 8 - Tetrahymena in the Laboratory: Strain Resources, Methods for Culture, Maintenance, and Storage
Pages 237-276
Donna M. Cassidy-Hanley

Chapter 9 - Natural Populations and Inbred Strains of Tetrahymena
Pages 277-300
F. Paul Doerder, Clifford Brunk

Chapter 10 - Tetrahymena thermophila Genetics: Concepts and Applications
Pages 301-325
Eduardo Orias

Chapter 11 - Transformation and Strain Engineering of Tetrahymena
Pages 327-345
Douglas L. Chalker

Chapter 12 - Biochemical Approaches Including the Design and Use of Strains Expressing Epitope-Tagged Proteins
Pages 347-355
Mary T. Couvillion, Kathleen Collins

Chapter 13 - Cytological Analysis of Tetrahymena thermophila
Pages 357-378
Mark Winey, Alexander J. Stemm-Wolf, Thomas H. Giddings Jr., Chad G. Pearson

Chapter 14 - Purification of Tetrahymena Cytoskeletal Proteins
Pages 379-391
Jerry E. Honts

Chapter 15 - Behavioral Bioassays and Their Uses in Tetrahymena
Pages 393-410
Todd M. Hennessey, Thomas J. Lampert

Chapter 16 - Tetrahymena in the Classroom
Pages 411-430
Joshua J. Smith, Emily A. Wiley, Donna M. Cassidy-Hanley

Index
Pages 431-442

Volumes in Series
Pages 443-452