Structure and Assembly, Volume 1

Contents. List of Contributors. Preface. Introduction. Microfilament Organization and Actin-Binding Proteins (S.K. Maciver). Control of Microtubule Polymerization and Stability (J. Avila and J.D. Nido). Motor Proteins in Mitosis and Meiosis (T.J. Yen). Membrane-Cytoskeleton (V. Niggli). Actin-Binding Proteins-Lipid Interactions (G. Isenberg and W.H. Goldmann). The Proteins of Intermediate Filament Systems (R.L. Shoeman and P. Traub). Nuclear Lamins and the Nucleoskeleton (R. Stick). Index.

This volume of the treatise deals with structural aspects of the cytoskeleton: the characteristics of the filaments and their components; the organization of the genes; motor proteins; interactions with membranes.