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Main description:
Cell biologists have recently come to understand that asymmetry of division is an important regulatory phenomenon in the fate of a cell. In adult organisms asymmetric divisions regulate the stem cell reservoir and are a source of the drift that contributes to aging. This book describes the phenomenon in different organisms and addresses its implications for the development of the organism, cell differentiation, human aging and the biology of cancers.
Contents:
Asymmetric Cell Division in Plant Development.- Asymmetric Cell Division - How Flowering Plant Cells Get Their Unique Identity.- Symmetry Breaking in Stem Cells of the Basal Metazoan Hydra.- Asymmetric Cell Divisions in the Early Embryo of the Leech Helobdella robusta.- Asymmetric Divisions of Germline Cells.- Asymmetric Cell Division During Brain Morphogenesis.- Generating Asymmetry: With and Without Self-Renewal.- Cell Commitment by Asymmetric Division and Immune System Involvement.- Asymmetric Stem Cell Division in Development and Cancer.- Asymmetric Distribution of DNA Between Daughter Cells with Final Symmetry Breaking During Aging of Human Fibroblasts.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Publication date: November, 2010
Pages: 260
Weight: 403g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Oncology
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