Biocommunication of Ciliates

1. Introduction: Keylevels of Biocommunication of Ciliates
Guenther Witzany

2. Principles of Intracellular Signaling in Ciliated Protozoa—A Brief Outline
Helmut Plattner

3. RNA-Guided Genome Editing
Sarah Allen, Mariusz Nowacki

4. Intracytoplasmic Signaling from Cilia in Ciliates
Peter Satir, Birgit H. Satir

5. Chemotaxis as an Expression of Communication of Tetrahymena

Laszlo Köhidai

6. Signals Regulating Vesicle Trafficking in Paramecium Cells
Helmut Plattner

7. How Do Cysts Know When to Hatch? The Role of Ecological Communication in Awakening Latent Life
John R. Bracht, Emily M. Ferraro, Kathryn A. Bracht

8. Hormonal Communication of Tetrahymena

György Csaba

9. Signaling Through GPI-Anchored Surface Antigens in Ciliates
Yelena Bisharyan, Theodore Clark

10. Ciliate Communication via Water-Borne Pheromones
Pierangelo Luporini, Claudio Alimenti, Bill Pedrini, Adriana Vallesi

11. Communication in Tetrahymena Reproduction
Wendy Ashlock, Takahiko Akematsu, Ronald Pearlman

12. Cell-Cell Interactions Leading to Establishment of a Mating Junction in Tetrahymena and Paramecium, Two “Contact-Mediated” Mating Systems
Eric S. Cole

13. Mating Systems and Reproductive Strategies in Tetrahymena

Rebecca A. Zufall

14. Social Information in Cooperation and Dispersal in Tetrahymena

Staffan Jacob, Jean Clobert, Delphine Legrand, Nicolas Schtickzelle, Alexis S. Chaine

15. Symbiotic Associations in Ciliates: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives
Arno Germond, Toshiyuki Nakajima

16.
Paramecium as a Model Organism for Studies on Primary and Secondary Endosymbioses
Yuuki Kodama, Masahiro Fujishima

17. An Integrated Model of the Biology of the Marine Symbiosis Maristentor dinoferus

Christopher S. Lobban, María Schefter

18. Interactions Between Parasitic Ciliates and Their Hosts: Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and Cryptocaryon irritans as Examples
Kassandra E. Zaila, Deanna Cho, Wei-Jen Chang

19. Ciliates in Planktonic Food Webs: Communication and Adaptive Response
Thomas Weisse, Bettina Sonntag

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