Visual ecology by Cronin, Thomas W., 1945-, Johnsen, Sönke, Marshall, N. Justin, Warrant, Eric J.

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Mausoleum of flowers by Summerhill, Daniel B.

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Electrophysiology of Unconventional Channels and Pores

Table of Contents: “…Part I Mitochondria -- Function and regulation of mitochondrial voltage-dependent anion channel -- Mitochondrial Protein Import Channels -- Electrophysiology of the mitochondrial apoptosis-induced channel, MAC -- Ceramide Channels -- Part II Bacteria and viruses -- Bacterial Porins -- Electrophysiology of Bacterial Translocons -- Viroporins -- Part III Toxins and antimicrobial peptides -- Pore-forming colicins- unusual ion channels -unusually regulated -- Anthrax Toxin Protective Antigen Forms an Unusual Channel that Unfolds and Translocates Proteins Across Membranes -- Staphylococcal b-barrel Pore-forming Toxins: Mushrooms That Breach the Greasy Barrier -- Properties of pores formed by cholesterol-dependent cytolysins and actinoporins -- Part IV Other unconventional channels -- Perforins -- Gap Junction Channels: The electrical conduit of the intercellular world -- Amyloid Peptide Channels -- From phototaxis to biomedical applications: Investigating the molecular mechanism of channelrhodopsins.…”
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Evolution in the Dark : Darwin's Loss Without Selection by Wilkens, Horst, Strecker, Ulrike

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Light Sensing in Plants

Table of Contents: “…Prologue -- History and Insights -- Phytochrome -- Phytochrome Overview -- Evolutionary Selection of Phytochrome Chromophores -- Tertiary and Quaternary Structures of Phytochrome A -- Interactions of the Arabidopsis Type II Phytochromes -- A Structure—Function Model Based on Inter-Domain Crosstalks in Phytochromes -- Functions of Different Domains of Phytochrome -- Light Regulation of Intracellular Localization of Phytochrome B -- Photoregulation of Cytoplasmic Motility -- Polymorphism of Phytochrome A and Its Functional Implications -- Phytochromes and Functions: Studies Using Gene Targeting in Physcomitrella -- Distinct Functions of Phytochromes on the Photomorphogenesis in Rice -- Cryptochrome -- Cryptochrome Overview -- Early Events Triggered by Light Activation of the Arabidopsis CRY1 Blue-Light Photoreceptor -- Phototropin -- Phototropin Overview -- Proton Transfer Reactions in LOV-Domain Photochemistry -- Vibrational Spectroscopy Explores the Photoreaction of LOV Domains -- LOV Domain-Containing Proteins in Arabidopsis -- Phototropin Phosphorylation -- NPH3 and RPT2: Signal Transducers in Phototropin Signaling Pathways -- Molecular Mechanism of Blue Light Response in Stomatal Guard Cells -- Chloroplast Photorelocation Movement -- Other Photoreceptors -- Structural Dynamics of the Signal Termination Process in Rhodopsin -- Participation of Internal Water Molecules and Clusters in the Unidirectional Light-Induced Proton Transfer in Bacteriorhodopsin -- Phototaxis Photoreceptor in Euglena gracilis -- A Flavin Mononucleotide-Binding Aquaporin in the Plant Plasma Membrane: A Candidate for Photoreceptor? …”
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Sexual Reproduction in Animals and Plants

Table of Contents: “…Franklin-Tong ) -- 24 S-RNase-based Self-incompatibility in Petunia: A Complex Non-self Recognition System Between Pollen and Pistil (Teh-hui Kao) -- 25 Self-incompatibility System ofIpomoea trifida, a Wild-type Sweet Potato (Tohru Tsuchiya) -- Part 4 Male–Female Interaction and Gamete Fusion -- 26 Profiling the GCS1-based Gamete Fusion Mechanism (Toshiyuki Mori) -- 27 Fertilization Mechanisms of the Rodent Malarial Parasite Plasmodium berghei (Makoto Hirai) -- 28 Sexual Reproduction of a Unicellular Charophycean Alga, Closterium peracerosum-strogosum-littorale Complex (Hiroyuki Sekimoto) -- 29 Fertilization of Brown Algae: Flagellar Function in Phototaxis and Chemotaxis (Taizo Motomura ) -- 30 Gene and Protein Expression Profiles in Rice Gametes and Zygotes: A Cue for Understanding the Mechanisms of Gametic and Early Zygotic Development in Angiosperms (Takashi Okamoto) -- 31 Role of CD9 in Sperm-Egg Fusion and Virus-induced Cell Fusion in Mammals (Kenji Miyado) -- 32 The Mechanism of Sperm-Egg Fusion in Mouse and the Involvement of IZUMO1 (Naokazu Inoue) -- 33 A ZP2 Cleavage Model of Gamete Recognition and the Post-fertilization Block to Polyspermy (Jurrien Dean) -- 34 Involvement of Carbohydrate Residues of the Zona Pellucida in In Vitro Sperm Recognition in Pigs and Cattle (Naoto Yonezawa) -- Part 5 Organella, Proteolysis, and New Techniques -- 35 The Role of Peroxisomes in Plant Reproductive Processes (Shoji Mano) -- 36 Regulation of Vacuole-mediated Programmed Cell Death During Innate Immunity and Reproductive Development in Plants (Tomoko Koyano) -- 37 Sperm Proteasomes as a Putative Egg Coat Lysin in Mammals (Peter Sutovsky) -- 38 Germline Transformation in the Ascidian Ciona intestinalis (Yasunori Sasakura) -- BM Index.  .…”
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