Volume 109: Tetrahymena thermophila, 1st Edition

Key Features

• Covers sections on systems perspectives and operating principles
• Chapters are written by experts in the field
• Cutting-edge material, making this a truly comprehensive collection

Description

This new volume of Methods in Cell Biology looks at Tetrahymena thermophila, a model organism in experimental biology. Covering sections on Systems perspectives and Operating principles, chapters are written by experts in the field.

With cutting edge material, this comprehensive collection is intended to guide researchers of Tetrahymena thermophila for years to come.

Readership

Researchers and students in cell, molecular and developmental biology

Tetrahymena thermophila, 1st Edition

Part I: Introduction

1. Perspectives on the ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila

Kathleen Collins

Part II: Systems perspectives

2. The life and times of Tetrahymena

Denis H. Lynn and F. Paul Doerder

3. Nuclear dualism.

Kathleen M. Karrer

4. Whole Genome Studies of Tetrahymena

Robert S. Coyne, Nicholas A. Stover and Wei Miao

5. From Molecules to Morphology: Cellular Organization of Tetrahymena thermophila

Dorota Wloga and Joseph Frankel

6. Conservation and innovation in Tetrahymena membrane traffic: proteins, lipids, and compartments

Alejandro D. Nusblat, Lydia J. Bright, and Aaron P. Turkewitz

7. Developmental progression of Tetrahymena through the cell cycle and conjugation


Eric Cole and Toshiro Sugai


Part III: Operating Principles


8. Tetrahymena in the Laboratory: Strain Resources, Methods for Culture, Maintenance, and Storage

Donna M. Cassidy-Hanley

9. Natural populations and inbred strains of Tetrahymena

F. Paul Doerder and Clifford Brunk

10. Tetrahymena thermophila Genetics: Concepts and Applications

Eduardo Orias

11. Transformation and strain engineering of Tetrahymena

Douglas L. Chalker

12. Biochemical approaches including the design and use of strains expressing epitope-tagged proteins

Mary T. Couvillion and Kathleen Collins

13. Cytological Analysis of Tetrahymena thermophila

Mark Winey, Alexander J. Stemm-Wolf, Thomas H Giddings Jr., and Chad G. Pearson

14. Purification Of Tetrahymena Cytoskeletal Proteins

Jerry E. Honts

15. Behavioral Bioassays and their Uses in Tetrahymena.

Todd M. Hennessey and Thomas J. Lampert

16. Tetrahymena in the Classroom

Joshua J. Smith, Emily A. Wiley, and Donna M. Cassidy-Hanley