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Mitosis Facts and Questions

Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany, April 25–29, 1977

Part of the book series: Proceedings in Life Sciences (LIFE SCIENCES)

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Table of contents (9 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
  2. The Timing of Cell Cycle Events

    • J. M. Mitchison, D. Werner
    Pages 1-19
  3. Surface Signals and Cellular Regulation of Growth

    • G. M. Edelman, P. D’Eustachio, D. A. McClain, S. M. Jazwinski, W. W. Franke
    Pages 20-50
  4. Ultrastructure of Mitotic Cells

    • H. Fuge, N. Paweletz
    Pages 51-77
  5. Microtubule-Organizing Centers of the Mitotic Spindle

    • G. G. Borisy, R. R. Gould, H. Ponstingl
    Pages 78-97
  6. Nontubulin Molecules in the Spindle

    • J. W. Sanger, E. Mandelkow
    Pages 98-120
  7. Mitosis in Differentiation, Morphogenesis, and Cancer

    • F. Duspiva, E. Schnepf
    Pages 121-149
  8. Chromosome Movement: Facts and Hypotheses

    • R. B. Nicklas, D. Schroeter
    Pages 150-166
  9. Mitosis in vitro: Isolates and Models of the Mitotic Apparatus

    • J. R. McIntosh, C. Petzelt
    Pages 167-195
  10. Future Research on Mitosis

    • D. Mazia, D. Dietz
    Pages 196-219
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 220-253

About this book

Two years ago, about twenty people gathered informally in our institute to discuss mitosis. We took this opportunity to try to separate the "hard" facts of mitosis which are accepted by most people, from the "soft" ones which are still open for discussion. Surprisingly few "hard" facts survived with their reputation still intact. This result led us to orga­ nize a similar meeting on a larger scale. The outcome was the workshop "Mitosis: Facts and Questions", which was held at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg from April 25-29, 1977. An introductory lecture was given for each of nine major topics, followed by an extensive discussion of facts, questions and future experiments. Further details were provided by posters. The proceedings of the meeting are published in this volume. We feel that many open questions and facts described here will provide stimulating ideas and a basis for further investigation of this fundamental process. The success of the workshop would not have been possible without the help of many people. We are very grateful to the German Cancer Research Center for its interest and assistance, and for the support of the Verein zur Forderung der Krebsforschung in Deutschland represented by Prof. Dr. h.c. K.H. Bauer, the ECBO (European Cell Biology Organization) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Zellbiologie. Our sincere thanks are also extended to our students and technicians for their enthusiastic help, and to Mrs. Joa for typing the manuscripts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Zellforschung, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany

    M. Little, N. Paweletz, C. Petzelt, H. Ponstingl, D. Schroeter, H.-P. Zimmermann

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mitosis Facts and Questions

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany, April 25–29, 1977

  • Editors: M. Little, N. Paweletz, C. Petzelt, H. Ponstingl, D. Schroeter, H.-P. Zimmermann, Vera Runnström-Reio

  • Series Title: Proceedings in Life Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66815-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-66817-3Published: 12 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-66815-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-6625

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 256

  • Topics: Cell Biology, Oncology

Buy it now

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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