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Contributors p. vii
1 Trophic Factors in the Carotid Body Andrea Porzionato and Veronica Macchi and Anna Parenti and Raffaele De Caro p. 1
1 Introduction p. 2
2 Growth and Trophic Factors p. 6
3 Peptide Neuromodulators as Glomic Potential Trophic Factors p. 24
4 Concluding Remarks and Perspectives p. 35
References p. 37
2 Structure of the Insect Oocyte Nucleus with Special Reference to Interchromatin Granule Clusters and Cajal Bodies Dmitry Bogolyubov and Vladimir Parfenov p. 59
1 Introduction p. 60
2 Background p. 62
3 Nuclear Structures of Oocytes in Panoistic Ovaries p. 70
4 Oocyte Nuclear Structures in Insects with Meroistic-Polytrophic Ovaries p. 76
5 Oocyte Nuclear Structures in Insects with Meroistic-Telotrophic Ovaries p. 87
6 Closing Remarks p. 96
Acknowledgments p. 99
References p. 99
3 Galactose Metabolism in Yeast-Structure and Regulation of the Leloir Pathway Enzymes and the Genes Encoding Them Christopher A. Sellick and Robert N. Campbell and Richard J. Reece p. 111
1 Introduction p. 112
2 Leloir Pathway Enzymes in Yeast p. 114
3 The Regulation of GAL Gene Expression p. 120
4 Chromatin Re-Localization and Transcriptional Memory in GAL Gene Regulation p. 137
5 Conclusions and Future Directions p. 142
Acknowledgments p. 142
References p. 143
4 Signaling Systems of Lower Eukaryotes and Their Evolution Alexander O. Shpakov and Marianna N. Pertseva p. 151
1 Introduction p. 152
2 Serpentine-Type Receptors: Organization, Ligands, and Signaling Cascades p. 155
3 Heterotrimeric G Proteins p. 187
4 Adenylyl Cyclases p. 202
5 Guanylyl Cyclases p. 222
6 Evolution of Eukaryotic Chemosignaling Systems p. 240
Acknowledgments p. 254
References p. 254
5 Mechanisms of Sister Chromatid Pairing Robert V. Skibbens p. 283
1 Introduction p. 284
2 Structural Cohesins p. 286
3 Cohesin Enzymology p. 292
4 Cohesin Deposition p. 298
5 PDSS and WAP1/RAD61 - Cohesin Regulators p. 308
6 Cohesion Establishment and CTF7 p. 311
7 Alternate Cohesion Mechanisms p. 324
8 Human Disease States and Future Considerations p. 326
Acknowledgments p. 327
References p. 327
6 Teleost Lens Development and Degeneration Thomas S. Vihtelic p. 341
1 Introduction p. 342
2 Zebrafish Lens Developmental Morphology p. 343
3 Adult Lens Structural Organization p. 346
4 Molecular Basis of Teleost Lens Formation p. 349
5 Teleost Lens and Development of Extralenticular Eye Tissues p. 357
6 Mutational Analysis to Identify Genes Necessary for Zebrafish Lens Development and Maintenance of Transparency p. 359
7 Summary p. 364
Acknowledgments p. 365
References p. 365
Index p. 375