Muscle Contraction and Cell Motility : Molecular and Cellular Aspects /

The book provides a comprehensive overview on the mechanisms of muscle contraction and non-muscle cell motility at the molecular and cellular leveland also describes a variety of experimental techniques associated with these systems. Recent findings on the regulatory mechanisms of contraction in ske...

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Main Author: Sugi, Haruo
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1992.
Series:Advances in comparative and environmental physiology ; 12.
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Summary:The book provides a comprehensive overview on the mechanisms of muscle contraction and non-muscle cell motility at the molecular and cellular leveland also describes a variety of experimental techniques associated with these systems. Recent findings on the regulatory mechanisms of contraction in skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscles as well as on the mechanisms of actin-myosin sliding coupled with ATP hydrolysis are presented. Then, as non-muscle motile systems, protoplasmic streaming and amoeboid movement, based on actin-myosin interactions, as well as ciliary and flagellar movement, based on tubulin-dynein interactions, are treated in detail. Finally, various aspects of cell division movements, where tubulin and actin play an important role, are described.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 264 pages 77 illustrations)
ISBN:9783642769276 (electronic bk.)
3642769276 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:0938-2763 ;