International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Chapter One: New Insights into Mechanisms and Functions of Nuclear Size Regulation

• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Overview of Cellular Structures and Activities that Contribute to Nuclear Size Determination
• 3. Model Systems to Elucidate Mechanisms of Nuclear Size Regulation
• 4. Functional Significance of Nuclear Size and Morphology
• 5. Conclusions
• Acknowledgments

Chapter Two: Rho Signaling in Dictyostelium discoideum

• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. D. discoideum Rho GTPases
• 3. Effectors
• 4. Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation Inhibitors
• 5. Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
• 6. GTPase Activating Proteins
• 7. Proteins With RhoGEF and RhoGAP Domains
• 8. Processes Regulated by Rho GTPases in D. discoideum
• 9. Concluding Remarks
• Acknowledgments

Chapter Three: Building Blocks of Functioning Brain: Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Neuronal Development

• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Organization During Neuronal Development
• 3. Concluding Remarks
• Acknowledgments

Chapter Four: Membrane Trafficking in Neuronal Development: Ins and Outs of Neural Connectivity

• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Exocytosis
• 3. Endocytosis
• 4. ER and Golgi
• 5. Other Regulators of Membrane Traffic
• 6. Conclusion and Future Directions
• Acknowledgments

Chapter Five: Leukocytes Crossing the Endothelium: A Matter of Communication

• Abstract
• Abbreviations
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Rolling and Adhesion: Leukocyte Perspective
• 3. Rolling and Adhesion: Endothelial-cell Perspective
• 4. Diapedesis: Endothelial Cell–Cell Junction Regulation
• 5. Hemodynamic Shear Forces During Leukocyte TEM
• 6. Concluding Remarks

Chapter Six: Membrane Dynamics and Signaling of the Coxsackievirus and Adenovirus Receptor

• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. CAR Gene and Protein
• 3. CAR Membrane Dynamics
• 4. CAR Signaling and Role in Protein Trafficking
• 5. Concluding Remarks

Chapter Seven: Catecholaminergic System of Invertebrates: Comparative and Evolutionary Aspects in Comparison With the Octopaminergic System

• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. “Protozoan” Protists
• 3. Porifera
• 4. Cnidaria and Ctenophora
• 5. Protostomia
• 6. Deuterostomia
• 7. Catecholamines During Development and Metamorphosis
• 8. Concluding Remarks
• Acknowledgments