(eBook) Drebrin – From Structure and Function to Physiological Roles by Shirao

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Table of Contents

Preface.- Part 1 History of drebrin discovery as an general introduction.- Chapter1. Introduction.- Part 2 Basic information about drebrin.- Chapter2. Molecular biology of drebrin.- Chapter3. Biochemistry of drebrin and its binding to actin filaments.- Chapter4. Phosphorylation and molecular structure.- Chapter5. Biophysics of drebrin binding actin filament.- Chapter6. Cell shape change by drebrin.- Part 3 Drebrin in Nervous system.- Chapter7. Localization of drebrin in nervous system: LM study.- Chapter8. Localization of drebrin in neurons: EM study.- Chapter9. Drebrin and spine formation.- Chapter10. Activity-dependent change of drebrin localization.- Chapter11. Drebrin in neurogenesis and neuronal migration.- Chapter12. Drebrin in glia.- Part 4 Drebrin in Dementia.- Chapter13. Drebrin in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease.- Chapter14. Amyloid beta and drebrin.- Part 5 Drebrin-binding proteins other than actin filament.- Chapter15. Introduction.- Chapter16. Homer and drebrin.- Chapter17. Spiker mediates drebrin-dependent spine formation.- Part 6 Drebrin in non-nervous system.- Chapter18. Drebrin in immune system.- Chapter19. Drebrin in spermatogenesis.- Chapter20. Drebrin in polarized cells.- Chapter21. Drebrin-dependent stabilization of nectin for maintaining endothelial integrity.- Chapter22. Drebrin in miogenesis.- Part 7 Assorted data relating to drebrin.- Chapter23. Nucleotide and animo acid sequencing of drebrins.- Chapter24. Available antibodies.- Chapter25. Available knockout mice.- Chapter26. How to measure drebrin isoform by ELISA.- Chapter27. Measurement of drebrin accumulation in the spine.- Chapter28. FRAP analysis of drebrin in the spine.