Front Cover; International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Functions of Claudin Tight Junction Proteins and Their Complex Interactions in Various Physiological Systems; 1. Introduction; 2. Tight Junction Membrane Integral Proteins; 3. The Claudin Family of Tight Junction Proteins; 4. Claudin Interactions Within and Between TJ Strands; 5. Is the Expression Level of Different Claudins Coregulated?; 6. Claudin-Related Phenotypes; 7. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgment; References

Chapter 2: Secondary Symbiosis Between Paramecium and Chlorella Cells1. Introduction; 2. Infection Route; 2.1. Classification of DVs; 2.2. Timing of acidosomal and lysosomal fusion to DV; 2.3. Presence of four cytological events needed to establish endosymbiosis; 2.4. Initiation of algal cell division; 2.5. Summary of the infection ro; 3. Different Fates of Infection-Capable and Infection-Incapable Chlorella Species; 3.1. Difference in algal attachment beneath the host cell surface; 3.2. Relation between sugar residues of the algal cell wall and infectivity

3.3. Effects of WGA on the infectivity of C. sorokiniana C-212 to P. bursaria4. Function of PV Membrane; 4.1. Algal proteins necessary for the PV membrane; 4.2. The PV membrane can provide protection from host lysosomal fusion; 5. Host or Algal Changes Induced by Infection; 6. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3: Molecular Basis of Peroxisome Division and Proliferation in Plants; 1. Introduction; 2. Roles of PEROXIN11 Proteins, Dynamin-Related Proteins, and FISSION1; 3. Other Proteins and Pathways; 4. Environmental and Nuclear Regulation of Peroxisome Proliferation

5. Concluding RemarksAcknowledgments; References; Chapter 4: New Insights into the Signal Transmission from Taste Cells to Gustatory Nerve Fibers; 1. Introduction; 2. Diversity of Taste Bud Cells; 3. Coding of Taste Information; 4. Mechanisms for the Signal Transmission from Taste Cells to Gustatory Nerve Fibers; 5. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5: New Insights into the Regulation of Ion Channels by Integrins; 1. Introduction; 2. Main Structural Features of Integrins and Ion Channels; 3. An Outline of Integrin Signaling

4. Integrins and Ion Channels in Normal and Neoplastic Hematopoietic Cells5. Integrins and Ion Channels in Cell Migration; 6. Integrins and Ion Channels in the Nervous System; 7. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Index