Microtubules

Berlin; New York: Springer-Verlag , 1978. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Large octavo in lime green glossy pictorial boards; 177 illustrations and tables; 452p As new; clean, tight and brightm with spine label (see comments & photo). Hardcover. ISBN: 3540086226

Nobel Laureate Donald Glaser's copy, with his name stamp to front free endpaper and also a spine label of his personal research library. For more books from Glaser's library, search using the keycode: GLSR. Glaser won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1961 for the invention of the Bubble Chamber.

Contents: Introduction; Foreword; The historical background of microtubules; Structure and chemistry of microtubules; General physiology of tubulins and microtubules; Microtubule structures: centrioles, basal bodies, cilia, axonemes; Microtubule poisons; Cell shape; Cell movement; secretion, exo- and endocytosis; Neurotubules: neuroplasmic transport, neurosecretion, sensory cells; The role of MT in mitosis; Pathology and medicine; Outlook; List of abbreviations; Subject index