Protoplasmic Streaming

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• I. Introduction.
• II. Types of Streaming.
• 1. General survey.
• 2. Change in streaming type.
• III. Rate and Intensity.
• 1. Intracellular velocity distribution.
• 2. Rate.
• 3. Course and direction of rotational streaming.
• 4. Transport-volume and intensity of flow.
• IV. Motive Force Responsible for the Protoplasmic Streaming.
• 1. Motive force of the rotational streaming.
• 2. Motive force of the protoplasmic streaming in myxomycete Plasmodium.
• V. Rhythmicity.
• 1. Rhythm of motive force generation in the Plasmodium.
• 2. Rhythmicity of the protoplasmic motion in plant cells.
• VI. Energetics of Protoplasmic Streaming.
• 1. Oxygen tension.
• 2. Metabolic inhibitors.
• 3. The role of ATP in the protoplasmic flow.
• 4. Availability of ATP.
• VII. Influences of External Factors.
• 1. Temperature.
• 2. Light.
• 3. Ultraviolet rays and other radiations.
• 4. Osmotic pressure.
• 5. Plasmolysis.
• 6. Hydrostatic pressure.
• 7. Mechanical pressure.
• 8. Gravity.
• 9. Centrifugal force.
• 10. Electric current.
• 11. Action current.
• 12. Magnetic field.
• 13. Hydrogen ions.
• 14 Carbon dioxide.
• 15. Salts.
• 16. Auxins.
• 17. Fat solvents.
• 18. Miscellaneous substances.
• VIII. Biology and Function of Protoplasmic Streaming.
• 1. Inducement of protoplasmic streaming.
• 2. Transport of substances.
• 3. Locomotion.
• 4. Correlation with some physiological activities and seasonal variations.
• IX. Experimental Approaches to the Mechanism of Protoplasmic Streaming.
• 1. Seat of the motive force in rotational streaming.
• 4. Moving fibrils in protoplasm.
• 5. The phenomenon of shifting occurring in the plasmagel.
• 6. Causal relation between potential difference and the motive force of the protoplasmic streaming.
• 7. The mechanochemical system of the protoplasmic streaming.
• X. Theories.
• 1. Rotational streaming.
• 2. Streaming in transvacuolar protoplasmic strand.
• 3. Streaming in myxomycete plasmodium.
• 4. Independent motion of protoplasmic particles.
• XI. Concluding Remarks.
• Acknowledgements.
• Author Index.