Changing Syntheses in Development
- 1st Edition - November 14, 2012
- Editor: Meredith Runner
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 3 3 4 4 8 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 5 7 6 0 - 5
Changing Syntheses in Development covers the proceedings of the 29th Symposium on ""The Society for Developmental Biology"", held in Albany, New York on June 17-19, 1970. This book… Read more

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Request a sales quoteChanging Syntheses in Development covers the proceedings of the 29th Symposium on ""The Society for Developmental Biology"", held in Albany, New York on June 17-19, 1970. This book is organized into three parts encompassing nine chapters that summarize the changing syntheses during cell and tissue interactions and its interactions to molecular biology, ultrastructure, and morphogenesis. The book initially examines the number of copies and kinds of DNA-like RNA that are synthesized in the nuclei and conserved in the cytoplasm during early development of the frog embryo, Rana pipiens. The following chapter tackles the aspects of energy metabolism on rat embryo at somite stages. A chapter focuses on cell differentiation control in green flagellate Volvox. The second part of the book deals with the general aspects of hormone action, as they relate to problems of development. This part describes a systematic technique for the isolation of hormone-dependent cell strains from corresponding hormone-dependent animal tumors. The concluding part focuses on the use of bone matrix as a morphogenetic substratum. This part also describes the differences in the morphology between collagen fibrils of adult and embryonal connective tissue and the effect of extra- and intracellular factors on the maintenance and formation of epithelial morphology. Developmental and molecular biologists and researchers will greatly benefit from this book.
Contributors and Presiding Chairmen
I. Changing Syntheses
Changing Syntheses in Development
Introduction
Analytic, Pragmatic Approaches
Cellular and Transcriptional Correlates—Phenomenology
Summary
References
The Role of Gene Redundancy and Number of Cell Divisions in Embryonic Determination
Introduction
Relation between Rate and Number of Cell Divisions and RNA Synthesis
Relation of Cell Division to a Particular Pathway of Determination
Possible Control Mechanisms for Transcription and Determination
Evolutionary Implications of the Role of Gene Redundancy in Cellular Determination
Summary
References
Energy Metabolism in Early Mammalian Embryos
Introduction
Biological Material
Whole Embryo in Vitro Studies
Heart Rate Changes at Different Oxygen Concentrations
Glucose Metabolism
Terminal Electron Transport System
Intercorrelations of Oxygen Requirement, Glucose Metabolism, and the Terminal Electron Transport System
Summary
References
Control of Differentiation in Volvox
Introduction
Volvox carteri f. nagariensis Iyengar
Volvox aureus Ehrenberg
Volvox rousseletii f. griquaensis Pocock
Volvox gigas Pocock
Other Species of Volvox
Summary
References
II. Controls for Special Syntheses
On the Development of Insulin Sensitivity by Mouse Mammary Gland in Vitro
Introduction
Materials and Methods
Results
Discussion
References
Development of Hormone-Responsive Cell Strains in Vitro
Introduction
Selection for Hormone-Dependent Cell Strains
Development of a Hormone-Dependent Mammary Tumor Cell Line
Experiments Using Hormone-Dependent Cell Strains
Summary
References
III. The Role of Collagen
The Substratum for Bone Morphogenesis
Introduction
Materials and Methods
Results
Discussion
Summary
References
Collagen of Embryonic Type in the Vertebrate Eye and Its Relation to Carbohydrates and Subunit Structure of Tropocollagen
Introduction to Morphology of Collagen and Its Possible Relation to Carbohydrates
Nonfibrous Collagen of the Lens Capsule
Corneal Stroma: Connective Tissue Arrested at an Embryonal Stage of Development
Biological Implications
Summary
References
Intra- and Extracellular Control of Epithelial Morphogenesis
Introduction
Extracellular Control of Morphogenesis
Acid Mucopolysaccharide at the Epitheliomesenchymal Junction
Surface-Associated Mucopolysaccharide and Salivary Gland Morphogenesis
Characteristics of the Surface-Associated Material
Intracellular Control of Morphogenesis
Microfilaments and Salivary Gland Morphogenesis
Concluding Remarks
References
Author Index
Glossary of Abbreviations
Subject Index
- No. of pages: 286
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 14, 2012
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124334489
- eBook ISBN: 9780323157605
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