UID:
edocfu_9958126600002883
Format:
1 online resource (368 p.)
ISBN:
1-299-47214-1
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0-323-15382-8
Content:
Dry Biological Systems
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Based on papers presented at the American Institute of Biological Sciences meeting at Michigan State University, August 21-26, 1977.
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Front Cover; Dry Biological Systems; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Part I: Water in Hydrated Cells; CHAPTER 1. OVERVIEW OF OUR UNDERSTANDING OF INTRACELLULAR WATER IN HYDRATED CELLS; I. TIME AND DISTANCE SCALES; II. MODELS OF CELL WATER; III. ISOLATED MITOCHONDRIA AS AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL SYSTEM; IV. CHOOSING A MODEL OF AQUEOUS PHASE STRUCTURE: THE CONSEQUENCE FOR CELLULAR HOMEOSTATIC MECHANISMS; V. FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE HETEROGENEOUS PHASE MOLEL OF CELL WATER; VI. SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Part II: Structure of Dry Cells and Organisms
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CHAPTER 2. ULTRASTRUCTURAL AND FREEZE FRACTURE STUDIES ON ANHYDROBIOTIC NEMATODESI. INTRODUCTION; II. MATERIALS AND METHODS; III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; IV. CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. DESICCATION-INDUCED ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN DROUGHT-SENSITIVE AND DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. MATERIALS AND METHODS; III. RESULTS; IV. DISCUSSION; V. CONCLUSIONS AND SPECULATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. ULTRASTRUCTURE OF DRIED SPORES; I. INTRODUCTION; II. IMPORTANCE OF STUDIES ON SPORES; III. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; IV. SPORE STRUCTURE
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTSREFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. ULTRASTRUCTURE OF MICROSPORIDIAN SPORES AND CHANGES IN SPORE MEMBRANE STRUCTURE UNDER DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. OBSERVATIONS; III. DISCUSSION; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Part III: Hydration-Dependent Metabolic Transitions; CHAPTER 6. HYDRATION-DEPENDENT METABOLIC TRANSITIONS AND THE STATE OF CELLULAR WATER IN ARTEMIA CYSTS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ARTEMIA CYSTS: MODEL SYSTEM FOR THE STUDY OF CRYPTOBIOSIS; III. MAJOR FEATURES OF CYST HYDRATION BEHAVIOR; IV. METABOLIC PARAMETERS AS A FUNCTION OF CYST HYDRATION
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V. PHYSICAL PARAMETER S AS A FUNCTION OF CYST HYDRATIONVI. SUMMARY AND INTEGRATION: WORKING HYPOTHESIS; VII. THE WATER REPLACEMENT HYPOTHESIS; VIII. COMMENTS ON THE METABOLIC STATUS OF DRIED CELLS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. METABOLIC TRANSITIONS IN A NEMATODE DURING INDUCTION OF AND RECOVERY FROM ANHYDROBIOSIS; I.INTRODUCTION; II. METABOLIC CHANGES DURING INDUCTION OF AND RECOVERY FROM ANHYDROBIOSIS; III. BIOSYNTHESIS OF GLYCEROL AND TREHALOSE; IV. BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; V. REGULATION OF BIOSYNTHESIS OF GLYCEROL AND TREHALOSE; VI. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES
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CHAPTER 8. APPLICATION OF A VOLATILE RADIOACTIVE TRACER TO DETECT METABOLIC ACTIVITIES IN DRY WILD OAT SEEDSI. INTRODUCTION; II. MATERIALS AND METHODS; III. RESULTS; IV. DISCUSSION; V. SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. METABOLISM OF A DROUGHT-TOLERANT AND A DROUGHT-SENSITIVE MOSS: RESPIRATION, ATP SYNTHESIS AND CARBOHYDRATE STATUS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. MATERIALS AND METHODS; III. DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. MEMBRANES IN DRY AND IMBIBING SEEDS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ROLE OF WATER IN MEMBRANE ARCHITECTURE; III. E.M. INVESTIGATION OF MEMBRANES IN DRY AND IMBIBING TISSUES
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IV. LEAKAGE DURING IMBIBITION
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-198080-4
Language:
English
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