Structure and Assembly, 1st Edition

Description

This volume of the treatise deals with structural aspects of the cytoskeleton: the characteristics of the filaments and their components; the organization of the genes; motor proteins; interactions with membranes.

Structure and Assembly, 1st Edition

Contents. List of Contributors. Preface. Introduction. Microfilament Organization and Actin-Binding Proteins (S.K. Maciver). Control of Microtubule Polymerization and Stability (J. Avila and J.D. Nido). Motor Proteins in Mitosis and Meiosis (T.J. Yen). Membrane-Cytoskeleton (V. Niggli). Actin-Binding Proteins-Lipid Interactions (G. Isenberg and W.H. Goldmann). The Proteins of Intermediate Filament Systems (R.L. Shoeman and P. Traub). Nuclear Lamins and the Nucleoskeleton (R. Stick). Index.