Biocommunication of Ciliates

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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These highly diverse competences show us that this is possible owing to sign(aling)-mediated communication processes within ciliates (intra-organismic), between the same, related and different ciliate species (inter-organismic), and between ciliates and non-ciliate organisms (trans-organismic).

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-05-31
Mått155 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt810 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor372
Upplaga16001
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319322094

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1. Introduction: Why biocommunication of Ciliates?.- 2. Principles of intracellular signaling in ciliated protozoa - a brief outline.- 3. RNA-guided genome editing.- 4. Intracytoplasmic signaling from cilia in ciliates.- 5. Chemotaxis as an expression of communication of Tetrahymena.- 6. Signals regulating vesicle trafficking in Paramecium cells.- 7. How do cysts know when to hatch? The role of ecological communication in awakening latent life.- 8. Hormonal communication of Tetrahyment.- 9. Signaling through GPI-anchored Proteins in Ciliates.- 10. Ciliate communication via water-borne pheromones.- 11. Communication in Tetrahymena Reproduction.- 12. Cell-cell interactions leading to establishment of a mating junction in Tetrahymena and Paramecium, two "contact-mediated" mating systems.- 13. Mating systems and reproductive strategies in Tetrahymena.- 14. Social information in cooperation and dispersal in Tetrahymena.- 15. Symbiotic associations in ciliates: ecological and evolutionaryperspectives.- 16. Paramecium as a model organism for studies on primary and secondary endosymbioses.- 17. An integrated model of the biology of the marine symbiosis Maristentor dinoferus.- 18. Interactions between parasitic ciliates and their hosts: Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and Cryptocaryon irritans as examples.- 19. Ciliates in planktonic food webs: communication and adaptive response.