Main description:

International Review of Cytology presents current advances and comprehensive reviews in cell biology - both plant and animal. Authored by some of the foremost scientists in the field, each volume provides up-to-date information and directions for future research. Articles in this volume include Mechanisms of Gradient Detection: A Comparison of Axon Pathfinding with Eukaryotic Cell Migration; Leptin and the Regulation of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis; Focal Adhesion and p53 Signaling in Cancer Cells; Cell and Molecular Biology of the Spindle Matrix; Mitochondrial Biology and Disease in Dictyostelium; Oxytocin and the Human Prostate in Health and Disease.

Contents:

Mechanisms of Gradient Detection: A Comparison of Axon Pathfinding with Eukaryotic Cell Migration
Martin Bastmeyer and Anne C. von Philipsborn

Leptin and the Regulation of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis
G.G. Nussdorfer, Ludwik K. Malendowicz, Marcin Rucinski, Anna S. Belloni, and Agniezka Ziolkowska

Focal Adhesion and p53 Signaling in Cancer Cells
Vita M. Golubovskaya and William Cance

Cell and Molecular Biology of the Spindle Matrix
Kristen M. Johansen and Jorgen Johansen

Mitochondrial Biology and Disease in Dictyostelium
Paul R. Fisher, Phuong Le and Christian Barth

Oxytocin and the Human Prostate in Health and Disease
Helen D. Nicholson and Kate Whittington