Cell Growth and Cell Division

R. J. C. Harris

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9781483230740
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483282008
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Biochemistry
• Index: Biological Sciences

Cell Growth and Cell Division is a collection of papers dealing with the biochemical and cytological aspects of cell development and changes in bacterial, plant, and animal systems. One paper discusses studies on the nuclear and cytoplasmic growth of ten different strains of the genus Blepharisma, in which different types of nutrition at high and low temperatures alter the species to the extent that they became morphologically indistinguishable. The paper describes the onset of death at high and low temperatures as being preceded by a decrease in the size of the cytoplasm and a corresponding decrease in the size of the macronucleus. The moribund organisms, still possessing structure, are motionless with no distinguishable macronuclear materials. Another paper presents the response of meiotic and mitotic cells to azaguanine, chloramphenicol, ethionine, and 5-methyltryptophan. The paper describes the failure of spindle action, arrest of second division, inhibition of cytokinesis, aberrant wall synthesis, and alterations in chromosome morphology in meiosis cells. In the case of mitosis, a single enzyme—thymidine phosphorylase—shows that reagents which inhibit protein synthesis also inhibit the appearance of that enzyme if the reagent is applied one day before it normally appears. Other papers discuss control mechanisms for chromosome reproduction in the cell cycle, as well as the force of cleavage of the dividing sea urchin egg. The collection can prove valuable for bio-chemists, cellular biologists, micro-biologists, and developmental biologists.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Cell Growth and Cell Division
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
• PREFACE
• Chapter 1. INDEPENDENT CYCLES OF CELL DIVISION AND OF DNA SYNTHESIS IN TETRAHYMENA
• Chapter 2. CELL DIVISION AND GROWTH STUDIES ON SYNCHRONIZED FLAGELLATES1
• Chapter 3. MACRONUCLEAR VARIABILITY OF BLEPHARISMA ASSOCIATED WITH GROWTH
• Chapter 4. FACETS OF INTRACELLULAR REGULATION OF MEIOSIS AND MITOSIS
• Chapter 5. NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM AND RIBOSOMAL ACTIVITY DURING SYNCHRONIZED CELL DIVISION
• Chapter 6. THE INTEGRATION OF PROTEIN AND RIBONUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS IN BACTERIA
• Chapter 7. RNA AND PROTEIN REPLACEMENT IN THE NUCLEUS DURING GROWTH AND DIVISION AND THE CONSERVATION OF COMPONENTS IN THE CHROMOSOME
• Chapter 8. RNA AND PROTEIN IN NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC INTERACTIONS1
• Chapter 9. THE CELL CYCLE OF A FISSION YEAST
• Chapter 10. CONTROL MECHANISMS FOR CHROMOSOME REPRODUCTION IN THE CELL CYCLE
• Chapter 11. LES FACTEURS DE LA CROISSANCE DE TUMEURS ASSOCIÉES Á DES ORGANES EMBRYONNAIRES DE POULET
• Chapter 12. DYNAMISME DE L'ANA-TELOPHASE ET CYTODIÉRÈSE
• Chapter 13. SOME OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING CELL MOVEMENT AND CELL CLEAVAGE
• Chapter 14. A NEW THEORY ON THE MECHANISM OF CELL DIVISION
• Chapter 15. FORCE OF CLEAVAGE OF THE DIVIDING SEA URCHIN EGG
• Chapter 16. SOME PROBLEMS OF CLEAVAGE IN RELATION TO THE CELL MEMBRANE
• Chapter 17. APPLICATION DE TECHNIQUES CYTOLOGIQUES MODERNES À L'ÉTUDE DU PROBLÈME DES AMITOSES DANS LES BOURGEONS MUSCULAIRES
• Chapter 18. LE PROBLÈME DE L'AMITOSE
• Chapter 19. CYTOPLASMIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACIDS: THEIR MITOCHONDRIAL LOCALIZATION AND SYNTHESIS IN SOMATIC CELLS UNDER EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS AND DURING THE NORMAL CELL CYCLE IN RELATION TO THE PREPARATION FOR MITOSIS
• AUTHOR INDEX