Cell fusion : overviews and methods / edited by Elizabeth H. Chen. — Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2008. – (58.17/M592/v.475)

Contents

    Contents
    
    Preface
    Contributors
    Part I Cell Fusion
    1 Yeast Mating: A Model System for Studying Cell and Nuclear Fusion
    2 Cell Fusion in the Filamentous Fungus， Neurospora crassa 21
    3 Gametic Cell Adhesion and Fusion in the Unicellular Alga Chlamydomonas
    4 Cell Fusion in Caenorhabditis elegans.
    5 Myoblast Fusion in Drosophila
    6 Mammalian Fertilization Is Dependent on Multiple Membrane Fusion Events
    7 Molecular Control of Mammalian Myoblast Fusion
    8 Placenta Trophoblast Fusion
    9 Macrophage Fusion: Molecular Mechanisms
    Part II Cell fusion Assays
    10 Cell Fusion Assays for Yeast Mating Pairs
    11 Ultrastructural Analysis of Cell Fusion in Yeast
    12 Isolation and In Vitro Binding of Mating Type Plus Fertilization Tubules From Chlamydomonas
    13 Optical Imaging of Cell Fusion and Fusion Proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans
    14 Ultrastructura[ Imaging of Cell Fusion in Caenorhabditis elegans
    15 Live Imaging of Drosophila Myoblast Fusion 263
    16 UItrastructural Analysis of MyobIast Fusion in Drosophila 275
    17 A Genomic Approach to Myoblast Fusion in Drosophila 299
    18 Mesenchymal Cell Fusion in the Sea Urchin Embryo 315
    19 Sperm-Egg Fusion Assay in Mammals
    20 Quantitative Assays for Cell Fusion
    21 Fusion Assays and Models for the TrophobIast
    22 Methods to Fuse Macrophages In Vitro