The centrosome and parthenogenesis / Thomas Küntiger and Michel Bornens -- [Gamma]-tubulin / Berl R. Oakley -- [Gamma]-tubulin complexes and their role in microtubule nucleation / Ruwanthi N. Gunawardane [and others] -- [Gamma]-tubulin of budding yeast / Jackie Vogel and Michael Snyder -- The spindle pole body of Saccaromyces cerevisiae: artchitecture and assembly of the core components / Susan E. Francis and Trisha N. Davis -- The microtubule organizing centers of Schizosaccharomyces pombe / Iain M. Hagan and Janni Petersen -- Comparative structural, molecular, and functional aspects of the Dictyostelium discoideum centrosome / Ralph Gräf [and others] -- Are there nucleuic acids in the centrosome? / Wallace F. Marshall and Joel L. Rosenbaum -- Basal bodies and centrioles: their function and structure / Andrea M. Preble, Thomas M. Giddings, and Susan K. Dutcher --Centriole duplication and maturation in animal cells / B.M.H. Lange [and others] -- Centrosome replication in somatic cells: the significance of the G1 phase / Ron Balczon -- The coordination of centrosome reproduction with nuclear events during the cell cycle / Greenfield Sluder and Edward H. Hinchcliffe -- Regulating centrosomes by protein phosphorylation / Andrew M. Fry, Thibault Mayor, and Erich A. Nigg -- The role of the centrosome in the development of malignant tumors / Wilma L. Lingle and Jeffrey L. Salisbury -- The centrosome-associated auroroa/Ipl-like kinase family / T.M. Goepfert and B.R. Brinkley -- Centrosome reduction during mammalian spermiogenesis / G. Manandhar, C. Simerly, and G. Schatten -- The centrosome of the early C. elegans embryo: inheritance, assembly, replication, and developmental roles / Kevin F. O'Connell -- The centrosome in drosophila oocyte development / Timothy L. Megraw and Thomas C. Kaufman -- The centrosome in early drosophila embryogenesis / W.F. Rothwell and W. Sullivan -- Centrosome maturation / Robert E. Palazzo [and others].
Centrosomes play an integral role in the growth of cells. They can also play a key role in the spread of cancer. This illustrated work presents the research surrounding the centrosome. It discusses centrosomes and cancer, centrosomes and early development, and molecular biology of the centrosome.