International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Contributors

Chapter one: Defective Trafficking of Rhodopsin and Its Role in Retinal Degenerations

1. Introduction

2. Retinitis Pigmentosa: The Most Common Inherited Retinal Degeneration

3. Rhodopsin: Function and History

4. Future Directions and Emerging Treatments

5. Concluding Remarks

Chapter two: Adherens Junction Assembly and Function in the Drosophila Embryo

1. Introduction

2. AJ Components

3. AJ Assembly and Maintenance

4. AJ Regulation and Function

5. Concluding Remarks

Chapter three: New Insights into the Regulation of Myosin Light Chain Phosphorylation in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells

1. Introduction

2. Retinal Pigment Epithelium

3. Actin Cytoskeleton

4. Myosin Superfamily of Molecular Motors

5. Myosin Function in RPE Cells

6. Concluding Remarks

Chapter four: Cell Biology of the Chloroplast Symbiosis in Sacoglossan Sea Slugs

1. Introduction

2. Functional Algal Chloroplasts in Molluscan Cells

3. Biochemical Interactions

4. Chloroplast Symbiosis in E. chlorotica

5. Concluding Remarks

Chapter five: Regulation of Intraflagellar Transport and Ciliogenesis by Small G Proteins

1. Introduction

2. Ciliogenesis

3. Intraflagellar Transport

4. Models for Ciliary Membrane Assembly

5. Small G Protein Regulators of IFT

6. Perspectives

Chapter six: Emerging Roles for Renal Primary Cilia in Epithelial Repair

1. Introduction

2. Assembling and Regulating the Composition of Cilia

3. Cilia in Vertebrates

4. Primary Cilia in the Kidney

5. Cell Biology of Renal Injury and Repair

6. Primary Cilia in Renal Injury and Repair

7. Conclusions

Chapter seven: Mechanisms of Cardiogenesis in Cardiovascular Progenitor Cells

1. Introduction

2. Definition of Terms

3. Origin of Cardiovascular Progenitor Cells

4. Regulation of Cardiogenesis in Cardiovascular Progenitor Cells

5. Concluding Remarks

Chapter eight: Membrane Trafficking and Phagosome Maturation During the Clearance of Apoptotic Cells

1. Introduction

2. Novel Players and Mechanisms That Drive Phagosome Maturation

3. Concluding Remarks

Index