Molecular research on algae over the last decades has provided significant insights into universal biological mechanisms. This knowledge has proved essential to the field of biotechnology where research on new applications in food culture, biofuel and pharmaceuticals is underway. This new book on algal cell biology provides an overview of cutting-edge research with a focus on cytoskeleton structure/function and cytokinesis of algae.

Autorentext

Kirsten Heimann, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia; Christos Katsaros, University of Athens, Greece.

Inhalt

1. David Garbary
   Programmed cell death in multicellular algae
   Authors: David J. Garbary, Moira E. Galway, Christina E. Lord and Arunika Gunawardena Galway

2. John Archibald
   Gene transfer and algal cell evolution
   Authors: John Archibald and Shinichiro Maruyama

3. Véronique Martin-Jézéquel
   Phaeodactylum tricornutum polymorphism: An overview
   Authors: Véronique Martin-Jézéquel and Benoit Tesson

4. Leonel Pereira
   Cytological and cytochemical aspects in selected carrageenophytes (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)
   Author Leonel Pereira

5. Burkhard Becker
   Evolution of vacuolar targeting in algae
   Authors: Burkhard Becker and Kerstin Hoef-Emden

6. Burkhard Becker
   Contractile vacuole function in green algae
   Authors: Karin Buchmann and Burkhard Becker

7. Christos Katsaros
   Cytokinesis of brown algae
   Authors: Christos Katsaros, Taizo Motomura, Chikako Nagasato and Makoto Terauchi

8. Karl Hasenstein
   Cytoskeletal control of sperm release in Chara contraria
   Authors: Qiaojun Jin and Karl H. Hasenstein

9. Kirsten Heimann
   Dinoflagellate bioluminescence - a key concept for studying organelle movement
   Authors: Kirsten Heimann, Paul L. Klerks, Karl H. Hasenstein

10. Kirsten Heimann
    Algal cell biology - an important tool to understand metal and herbicide toxicity
    Author: Kirsten Heimann