Cellular biology (cytology)

Although Prader-Willi syndrome was first described 35 years ago, it was following detection of an interstitial chromosome 15q deletion in some affected patients ten years ago that it became a major focus of multidisciplinary scientific interest.

The esculent Lycopersicon esculentum, long thought to be poisonous, has become a major U.

Die Medizin bedient sich in der Diagnostik und Therapie in zunehmendem Maße physikalisch-technischer Verfahren.

Clonal forestry has come of age.

Molecular biology is one of the most rapidly developing and at the same time most exciting disciplines.

An introductory discussion of basic chromosome structure andfunction preceeds the main text on the application ofcytogenetic approaches to the analysis of the manipulationof both the genetic make-up and the genetic transmissionsystem of plant breeding material.

In retrospect, the range of topics covered in this monograph, although forming a coherent ensemble, is so extensive that a detailed discussion could easily extend to three or four times the current length.

Rice is the most important cereal crop which feeds more than half the population of the world.

In contrast to animals, plants are immobile and, thus, cannot leave a drastically changed environment.

Intracellular junctions provide routes for direct cell-to-cell signalling in both plants and animals.

The majority of scientists interested in fertilization and early developmental processes will undoubtably have encountered the works of Alberto Monroy at some time in their careers.

Taxonomy is fundamental to understanding the variety of lifeforms, and exciting expansions in molecular biology are re-volutionising the obtained data.

This book reviews the respiratory function of vertebrate red cells.

In the field of Hodgkin's lymphoma, many new data have been collected during the last decade both on the cell of origin of this disease and on more effective therapies to cure the majority of pa- tients even in the advanced stages.

A wide range of topics are covered, including articles on nucleic acid structure, through their interactions with proteins to the control of gene expression.

Molecular biology has always been a discipline of rapid development.

Modern Methods of Plant Analysis When the handbook Modern Methods of Plant Analysis was first introduced in 1954 the considerations were: 1.

Interest in comparative acid-base physiology has considerably grown during last decades even in the absence of major technical or conceptual advances.

Cytomechanics is the application of the classical principles of mechanics in cell biology.

In 1954, when I obtained my B.

Activation by and desensitization to signals originating from the environment is common in all organisms, ranging from prokaryotes to higher eukaryotes.

This book is not a conventional review of diving physiology.

This volume emphasizes the comparative approach to under- standing vertebrate renal function.

Nearly 10 years have elapsed since I finished writing the first edition of Intro- duction to Molecular Embryology.

This book is a collection of papers presented at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "e;Biology and Molecular Biology of Plant-Pathogen Interactions"e; which was held at Dillington College, Ilminster, UK, 1-6 September 1985.

In 1965 I was asked by Dr.

Modern Methods of Plant Analysis When the handbook Modern Methods of Plant Analysis was first introduced in 1954 the considerations were: 1.

In 1966, a paper entitled "e;On the formation of a novel adenylylic compound by enzymatic extracts of liver nuclei"e; from Paul Mandel's laboratory in Strasbourg, France, planted the seed for a rapidly growing new field of biological research focusing on ADP-ribosylation reactions.

The outstanding contributions to this volume are designed to shed light on some fields of cell biology and cellular pathology, including newly observed phenomena of cell-cell interactions, which might be applicable in studying the pathological process of atherosclerosis.

The possession of plasmids was for a long time recognized only in the bacteria.

The incidence of lung cancer has reached epidemic proportions throughout the civilized world.

Malignant growth of cells is often characterized by disorganization of tissue structure, abnormal blood vessel development, and insuffi- cient vascular supply.

Predictive drug testing on human tumor cells in order to define the appropriate chemotherapy will remain imperative as long as the anticancer agents available are few in number and show only limited activity.

The "e;functional"e; in the title of this book not only reflects my personal bias about neuroanatomy in brain research, it is also the gist of many chapters which describe sophisticated ways to resolve structures and interpret them as dynamic entities.

The techniques of plant organ, tissue, and cell culture concentrated on reproducibility, simplicity and accu- are now established in many research laboratories racy with sufficient illustration to make all mani- throughout the world and are being used in numerous pulations clear.

Eukaryotic cells contain a plurality of organelles distinguished by their specific membranes and contents.

The last 10 years have seen an enormous growth in our understanding of the molecular organisation of biological membranes.

In late 1971 we were involved in a study of the interaction of radiation with matter and were trying to use measurements of radiation fluorescence in biological molecules to indicate how radiation affected living cells.

Since the Russian edition of this book was published in 1975 many new research works have appeared which have made necessary some additions for the English edition, to reflect progress in molecular developmental genetics.

The topic of this years' ~osbach Colloquium was DNA integration.

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The cells of the immune system generate a large variety of binding sites which differ in their binding specificities and can therefore react specifically with a large variety of ligands.

Since the first observations of Busch in 1866, the possible use of heat as a therapeutic agent in the cure of cancer has been repeatedly subject to bursts of interest, almost invariably followed by periods of neglect and skepticism.

In the continuing quest to explore structure and to relate struc- tural organization to functional significance, the scientist has developed a vast array of microscopes.