Cytokinesis in Animal Cells

This book traces the history of some of the major ideas in the field and gives an account of our current knowledge of animal cytokinesis. It contains descriptions of division in different kinds of cells and the proposed explanations of the mechanisms underlying the visible events. The author also describes and explains experiments devised to test cell division theories. The forces necessary for cytokinesis now appear to originate from the interaction of linear polymers and motor molecules that have roles in force production, motion and shape change that occur in other phases of the biology of the cell. The localization of the force-producing mechanism to a restricted linear part of the subsurface is caused by the mitotic apparatus, the same cytoskeletal structure that insures orderly mitosis.

General

ISBN		9780521019361
Fiction/Non-Fiction		Non-Fiction
Publisher		Cambridge Univ Pr
Pages		386
List Price		$78.00
Author		Rappaport, R.
Publication Date		09/30/2005
Release Status		In Print
Format		Paperback
Language		English
Measurements		Height: 8.75 Inches (US) Width: 6 Inches (US) Thickness: 1.25 Inches (US) Unit Weight: 1.35 Pounds (US)
Series		Developmental And Cell Biology Series