Cellular Domains [Hardcover]

Cellular domains play vital roles in a wide range of cellular functions. Defining cellular domains and understanding the molecular basis of their formation is essential to the study of cell functionality. This authoritative reference provides the most comprehensive analysis available on cellular domains, with emphasis on the definition and molecular composition of the domain as well as the functional implications of domain organization.

PREFACE.

CONTRIBUTORS.

PART I MEMBRANE DOMAINS.

CHAPTER 1 CYTOSKELETON-INDUCED MESOSCALE DOMAINS (Ziya Kalay, Takahiro K. Fujiwara, and Akihiro Kusumi).

CHAPTER 2 CLATHRIN-COATED PITS (James R. Thieman and Linton M. Traub).

CHAPTER 3 CAVEOLAE (Dan Tse and Radu V. Stan).

CHAPTER 4 LIPID RAFTS (Leonard J. Foster).

CHAPTER 5 MODELING MEMBRANE DOMAINS (Daniel Coombs, Raibatak Das, and Jennifer S. Morrison).

PART II ORGANELLAR DOMAINS.

CHAPTER 6 MITOCHONDRIA (Michael Zick and Andreas S. Reichert).

CHAPTER 7 THE ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM (Jody Groenendyk and Marek Michalak).

CHAPTER 8 THE GOLGI APPARATUS (James W. Dennis and Ivan R. Nabi).

CHAPTER 9 ENDOSOMES (Thierry Galvez and Marino Zerial).

CHAPTER 10 LYSOSOMES AND PHAGOSOMES (Guillaume Goyette and Michel Desjardins).

CHAPTER 11 ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM JUNCTIONS (Jesse T. Chao and Christopher J.R. Loewen).

PART III CYTOSKELETAL DOMAINS.

CHAPTER 12 THE ACTIN CYTOSKELETON (Jonathan A. Kelber and Richard L. Kleml3,