Contributors to Volume 3
Preface
Philip Rodney White
Contents of Previous Volumes
Protoplasts and Plant Viruses
I. Virus Infection of Plant Protoplasts
II. Virus Replication in Plant Protoplasts
III. Resistance to Virus Infection
IV. In Vitro Methods for Recovering Virus Resistance
V. Perspectives and Problems for Genetic Engineering
References
Applications of Flow Cytometry to Tissue Culture Systems
I. Introduction
II. What Is Flow Cytometry?
III. Cell Kinetic Analysis
IV. Chromosome Analysis
V. Cell Marker Analysis
VI. Cell Functional Analysis
VII. Detection and Cloning of Mutant and Hybrid Cells
VIII. Conclusions
References
Plant Tissue Culture Systems for Screening of Plant Growth Regulators: Hormones, Herbicides, and Natural Phytotoxins
I. Introduction: General Considerations
II. Screening for Hormonal Activities
III. Screening for Yield Enhancement
IV. Screening Phytotoxic Compounds
V. Drift, Instability, Habituation, Phenotypic Adaptations, and Other Problems
VI. Concluding Remarks
VII. Appendix: Nomenclature of Growth Regulators
References
Microsporida in Cell Culture
I. Introduction
II. A Description of the Microsporida
III. Establishing Microsporida in Cell Cultures
IV. Observations of Microsporida in Cell Cultures
V. Other Techniques
VI. Uses of Microsporida in Cell Cultures
VII. Conclusion
References
Growth Factors and Hemopoietic Cell Differentiation
I. Blood Cell Diversity
II. Colony Stimulating Factors: Nomenclature
III. Stem Cell Heterogeneity
IV. Production of Myeloid Cells M-CFC, G-CFC, and GM-CFC
V. Erythroid Cells
VI. Megakaryocyte and Eosinophil Production
VII. Production of Lymphocytes
VIII. Leukemic Cells
IX. Growth Factors
X. Growth Factors for Multipotential Stem Cells
XI. GM-CSF, M-CSF, and G-CSF
XII. Erythropoietic Stimuli
XIII. MEG-CSF and EO-CSF
References
Mosquito Cell Culture
I. Introduction
II. Cell Lines
III. Growth Requirements
IV. Characteristics
V. Clonal Analyses
VI. Conclusions
References
The Coming of Age of WI-38
I. The Birth of WI-38
II. Distribution of WI-38
III. Who Owns WI-38?
IV. The Mortality of Cultured Normal Cells
V. The Great Virus Vaccine Substrate Debate
VI. Advances in Cytogerontology
References
Index