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Contributors p. ix
1 Cytokinin Signaling During Root Development Anthony Bishopp and Hanna Help and Yk盲 Helariutta p. 1
1 Introduction p. 2
2 The Two-Component Signal Transduction Pathway p. 4
3 The Role of Cytokinin Signaling Specific to Certain Developmental Pathways p. 22
4 Concluding Remarks p. 38
References p. 39
2 Live-Cell Imaging in the Study of Neurodegeneration Lidia Bakota and Roland Brandt p. 49
1 Introduction p. 51
2 Live Imaging of Cell Lines p. 54
3 Live Imaging of Primary Neurons p. 64
4 Live Imaging of Organotypic Cultures p. 71
5 Live Imaging of Animals p. 84
6 Multiphoton Versus One-Photon Microscopy-Potential and Limitation p. 91
7 Combined Approaches p. 92
8 Concluding Remarks p. 94
Acknowledgment p. 95
References p. 95
3 Interactions Between Heparan Sulfate and Proteins-Design and Functional Implications Ulf Lindahl and Jin-ping Li p. 105
1 Introduction p. 106
2 HS Proteoglycans p. 107
3 Structure and Biosynthesis of HS p. 109
4 Interactions of HS with Proteins p. 120
5 Interference with HS Function p. 129
6 Is There a "Sulfation Code"? p. 134
7 HS and Disease p. 136
8 Concluding Remarks p. 142
References p. 143
4 Fibroblasts-A Diverse Population at the Center of It All J. Michael Sorrell and Arnold I. Caplan p. 161
1 Introduction p. 162
2 General Characteristics of Fibroblasts p. 163
3 Fibroblast Diversity p. 169
4 Functional Significance of Fibroblast Heterogeneity p. 176
5 Fibroblast Interactions with Epithelial Cells p. 179
6 Fibroblasts, the Architects of Tissues p. 189
7 Thy-1+ and Thy-1- Subpopulations of Fibroblasts p. 194
8 Fibroblasts as Sentinel Cells p. 196
9 Fibroblasts in Aging p. 198
10 Concluding Remarks p. 202
Acknowledgments p. 202
References p. 202
5 Imprinting and Extraembryonic Tissues-Mom Takes Control Kamelia Miri and Susannah Varmuza p. 215
1 Introduction p. 216
2 Genomic Imprinting-What is It? p. 217
3 Genomic Imprinting as a Maternal Effect p. 220
4 Placenta as Target of Imprinting p. 225
5 Conclusions p. 246
Acknowledgments p. 246
References p. 247
6 Cell and Molecular Biology of ATP-Binding Cassette Proteins in Plants Kazufumi Yazaki and Nobukazu Shitan and Akifumi Sugiyama and Kojiro Takanashi p. 263
1 Introduction p. 264
2 ABC Proteins Localized to Plasma Membranes p. 265
3 ABC Proteins Localized to Other Organelles p. 283
4 Soluble-Type ABC Proteins in Plants p. 290
5 Conclusion p. 291
References p. 292
7 Cell and Molecular Biology of the Fastest Myosins Sugie Higashi-Fujime and Akio Nakamura p. 301
1 Introduction p. 302
2 In Vitro Motility p. 303
3 Myosins in Plants p. 305
4 The Molecular Structure of Plant Myosins p. 311
5 Three-Dimensional Structure of Chara Myosin p. 321
6 Mechanism of Chara Myosin Motility p. 328
7 Concluding Remarks p. 336
Acknowledgments p. 338
References p. 338
Index p. 349