International review of cytology : a survey of cell biology / edited by Kwang W. Jeon. — Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, c2006. -- (58.15/I61/v.253)

Contents

                CONTENTS
    
    Multifunctional Arm Repeat Domains in Plants
    I. Introduction 1
    II. Prototypical Eukaryotic Arm Repeat Proteins 2
    III. Plant Arm Repeat Proteins 7
    IV. Conclusions 20
    References 21
    Bacterial Cell Division: The Mechanism and Its Precison
    I. Introduction 27
    II. Bacterial Cell Division: The Players 28
    III. Division Regulation 53
    IV. Concluding Remarks 78
    References 78
    Plant Prevacuolar/Endosomal Compartments
    I. Introduction 95
    II. General Features of Secretory and Endocytic Pathways 96
    III. Functions of the PVC 101
    IV. Dynamics of PVCs 106
    V. Proteomic Studies of Plant PVCs 118
    VI. Concluding Remarks 119
    References 120
    Role of Peripherin/rds in Vertebrate Photoreceptor Architecture and Inherited Retinal Degenerations
    I. Introduction 131
    II. Role for Photoreceptor Morphogenesis 132
    III. Conservation and Predicted Protein Features 136
    IV. Protein Localization and Characterization 141
    V. Role in Retinal Disease 151
    VI. Model for Molecular Function 160
    VII. Concluding Remarks 164
    References 165
    Structural and Immunocytochemical Characterization of Keratinization in Vertebrate Epidermis and Epidermal Derivatives
    I. Introduction 178
    II. Comparative Cytology of Vertebrate Epidermis: From Keratinization to Cornification 180
    III. Cytology of Keratinocytes and Their Organelles during Terminal Differentiation 193
    IV. Areas of Dermal-Epidermal Interactions and Epidermal Derivatives 226
    V. Conclusions and Future Directions 246
    References 248
    Index 261