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Photoreception and Sensory Transduction in Aneural Organisms

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Editors:
  1. Francesco Lenci

    1. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy

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  2. Giuliano Colombetti

    1. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series A: (NSSA, volume 33)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Sensory Transduction in Aneural Organisms

    • Michael J. Carlile
    Pages 1-22

  3. Introduction to Optical Stimuli: Physical Properties of the Light Beam

    • Giorgio Montagnoli
    Pages 23-43

  4. Photomotile Responses in Flagellates

    • Mary Ella Feinleib
    Pages 45-68

  5. Photomotile Responses in Gliding Organisms and Bacteria

    • Wilhelm Nultsch
    Pages 69-87

  6. Phototropism of Lower Plants

    • Rainer Hertel
    Pages 89-105

  7. Experimental Determination and Measurement of Photoresponses

    • Bodo Diehn
    Pages 107-125

  8. The Photoreceptive Apparatus of Flagellated Algal Cells: Comparative Morphology and Some Hypotheses on Functioning

    • Pietro Omodeo
    Pages 127-153

  9. Localization and Orientation of Photoreceptor Pigments

    • Wolfgang Haupt
    Pages 155-172

  10. Identification and Spectroscopic Characterization of Photoreceptor Pigments

    • Giuliano Colombetti, Francesco Lenci
    Pages 173-188

  11. Primary Photophysical and Photochemical Reactions: Theoretical Background and General Introduction

    • Pill-Soon Song
    Pages 189-210

  12. Molecular Aspects of Photoreceptor Function: Carotenoids and Rhodopsins

    • René V. Bensasson
    Pages 211-234

  13. Molecular Aspects of Photoreceptor Function: Phytochrome

    • Pill-Soon Song
    Pages 235-240

  14. Molecular Aspects of Photoreceptor Function in Stentor coeruleus

    • Pill-Soon Song, Edward B. Walker, Min Joong Yoon
    Pages 241-252

  15. Possible Photoregulation by Flavoproteins

    • Vincent Massey
    Pages 253-269

  16. Bluelight Reception and Flavin Photochemistry

    • Peter Hemmerich, Werner Schmidt
    Pages 271-283

  17. Basic Concepts in Bioenergetics

    • Bruno A. Melandri, Giovanni Venturoli
    Pages 285-301

  18. Properties of the Photosynthetic Membrane

    • Jan Amesz
    Pages 303-318

  19. Comparative Discussion of Photoreception in Lower and Higher Organisms. Structural and Functional Aspects

    • Eilo Hildebrand
    Pages 319-340

  20. Photosensory Transduction Chains in Eucaryotes

    • Giuliano Colombetti, Francesco Lenci
    Pages 341-354
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About this book

This book collects all the lectures presented during the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Photoreception and Sensory Transduction in Aneura1 Organisms," held in Villa Le Pianore (Versi1ia, Italy), September 3-14, 1979. In order to publish the lectures in the shortest possible time, we had to make the decision not to include the free communications, the informal seminars, and the panel discussions, notwithstanding their very high scientific level and interest. Only the final panel discussion has been summarized by Prof. W. Haupt (whose effort we gratefully acknowledge), because it gives a comprehensive view of the state of the art in this field. The ASI was intended to be a high-level course, characterized by an interdisciplinary approach to the problem of photoreception and photosensory physiology in aneural organisms, bringing together scientists from different fields and specializations. We hope that these characteristics are reflected in the content of the book, which is meant to be both an advanced textbook for researchers and students entering the field and a critical overview of the problems of photosensory transduction in aneura1 organisms. The topics pre­ sented range from a phenomenological description of the different photomotile responses in various microorganisms to a discussion of the molecular processes involved in the primary events of photo­ reception as well as in the subsequent steps of the transduction chain.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy

    Francesco Lenci, Giuliano Colombetti

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Photoreception and Sensory Transduction in Aneural Organisms

  • Editors: Francesco Lenci, Giuliano Colombetti

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series A:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9164-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-9166-5Published: 25 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-9164-1Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 422

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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