This volume deals with the significance of the apoblast and the intracellular matrix in cell to cell signaling in plants and animals. Researchers working on human, animal and plant systems discuss their own specific problems. The dynamics of the cell surface as related to both growth and development, as well as to the transduction of environmental signals and the feed-back from genetic information to the cell surface are comprehensively covered. Special emphasis is laid on experimental models, their applicability and discussion of possible directions for future research.

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Cell to Cell Signaling in Chlamydomonas.- Molecular Turnover and Memory: A Molecular Cell Biological Approach.- The Role of Extracellular Adhesion Proteins and of the Extracellular Matrix in Reaggregation of Dissociated Sponge Cells.- Detection and Transduction of Physical Stimuli in Plants.- Environmentally Induced Protein Movements and Membrane Reorganization: A Means for Inter and Intracellular Communication?.- Functional Recognition of Bacterial Mitogens by Reactive B Lymphocytes related to Membrane Protein Composition.- Hormones and Anti-Hormones Effects on Cultured Guinea-Pig Uterine Epithelial Cell Surface.- The Cell Surface in Signal Transduction: Membrane Glycoproteins.- Spatio-Temporal Organization of the Apoplast as a Signal Effector in Cell Growth Polarity: Experimental Evidence.- Glycoproteins as Putative Male Recognition Factors of the Pollen-Stigma Interaction in Brassica Oleracea.- Oligosaccharins Complex Carbohydrate Regulatory Molecules.- Phosphoinositides in Cell Suspension Cultures of Glycine Max.- Flowering and Leaf-Shoot Interactions.- Circumnutation: A Model for Signal Transduction from Cell to Cell.- Are Microtubules and Microfibrils of Mimosa Motor Cells Involved in Leaf Motility?.- Storage and Retrieval of Morphogenetic Messages in Plantlets of Bidens Pilosus L..- Electrochemistry of Plant Membranes and Signal Transduction.