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Cell-Cell Channels

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Authors:
  1. Frantisek Baluska

    1. Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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  2. Dieter Volkmann

    1. Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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  3. Peter W. Barlow

    1. School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

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  • As Cell-Cell Channels spans with the whole scope of biological sciences it will be useful for very wide audience, at all levels of expertise

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Cell-Cell Channels and Their Implications for Cell Theory

    1. Cell-Cell Channels and Their Implications for Cell Theory

      • Frantisek Baluska, Dieter Volkmann, Peter W. Barlow
      Pages 1-18

  3. Prokaryotic Cells

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Mating Cell-Cell Channels in Conjugating Bacteria

      • Elisabeth Grohmann
      Pages 21-35

  4. Ciliate Cells

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. The Tetrahymena Conjugation Junction

      • Eric S. Cole
      Pages 39-62

  5. Algal Cells

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Cytoplasmic Bridges in Volvox and Its Relatives

      • Harold J. Hoops, Ichiro Nishii, David L. Kirk
      Pages 65-84

  6. Fungal Cells

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Vegetative Hyphal Fusion in Filamentous Fungi

      • Nick D. Read, M. Gabriela Roca
      Pages 87-98

  7. Plant Cells

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Plasmodesmata: Cell-Cell Channels in Plants

      • Yoselin Benitez Alfonso, Laurence Cantrill, David Jackson
      Pages 101-112

    3. Sieve-Pore Plugging Mechanisms

      • Aart J. E. van Bel
      Pages 113-118

    4. Actin and Myosin VIII in Plant Cell-Cell Channels

      • Jozef Samaj, Nigel Chaffey, Uday Tirlapur, Jan Jasik, Andrej Hlavacka, Zhan Feng Cui et al.
      Pages 119-134

    5. Cell-Cell Communication in Wood

      • John R. Barnett
      Pages 135-147

    6. TMV Movement Protein Targets Cell-Cell Channels in Plants and Prokaryotes

      • Manfred Heinlein
      Pages 148-159

    7. Viral Movement Proteins Induce Tubule Formation in Plant and Insect Cells

      • Jan W. M. van Lent, Corinne Schmitt-Keichinger
      Pages 160-175

    8. Cell-Cell Movements of Transcription Factors in Plants

      • Alexis Maizel
      Pages 176-182

  8. Animal Cells

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. Gap Junctions

      • Fabio Mammano
      Pages 185-199
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About this book

he biological sciences are dominated by the idea that cells are the functionally autonomous, physically separated, discrete units of life. TThis concept was propounded in the 19th century by discoveries of the cellular structuring of both plants and animals. Moreover, the ap­ parent autonomy of unicellular eukaryotes, as well as the cellular basis of the mammalian brain (an organ whose anatomy for a long while defied attempts to validate the idea of the cellular nature of its neurons), seemed to provide the final conclusive evidence for the completeness of *cell theory', a theory which has persisted in an almost dogmatic form up to the present day. However, it is very obvious that there are numerous observations which indicate that it is not the cells which serve as the basic units of biological life but that this property falls to some other, subcellular assemblage. To deal with this intricate problem concerning the fundamental unit of living matter, we proposed the so-called Cell Body concept which, in fact, devel­ ops an exceedingly original idea proposed by Julius Sachs at the end of the 19th century. In the case of eukaryotic cells, DNA-enriched nuclei are intimately associated with a microtubular cytoskeleton. In this configuration—as a Cell Body—these two items comprise the fundamental functional and struc­ tural unit of eukaryotic living matter. The Cell Body seems to be inherent to all cells in all organisms.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Frantisek Baluska, Dieter Volkmann

  • School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Peter W. Barlow

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cell-Cell Channels

  • Authors: Frantisek Baluska, Dieter Volkmann, Peter W. Barlow

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-46957-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-36058-4Published: 28 August 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0121-0Published: 16 November 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-46957-7Published: 10 August 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 321

  • Topics: Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Plant Biochemistry

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