Cytokinesis in Animal Cells (Paperback, New ed)

Cytokinesis is the division of the cell body that follows the sorting and transport of chromosomes. This book traces the history of some of the major ideas in the field and gives an account of our current knowledge of animal cytokinesis. It contains descriptions of division in different kinds of cells and the proposed explanations of the mechanisms underlying the visible events. Experiments devised to test cell division theories are described and explained. The forces necessary for cytokinesis now appear to originate from the interaction of linear polymers and motor molecules that have roles in force production, motion and shape change that occur in other phases of the biology of the cell. The localization of the force-producing division mechanism to a restricted linear part of the subsurface is caused by the mitotic apparatus, the same cytoskeletal structure that ensures orderly mitosis.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Developmental and Cell Biology Series
Release date:	September 2005
First published:	1996
Authors:	R. Rappaport
Dimensions:	229 x 154 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	404
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-01936-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Developmental biology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Cellular biology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-01936-2
Barcode:	9780521019361

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