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The Coronin Family of Proteins


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Christoph Clemen
University of Cologne
Koeln, Germany

Ludwig Eichinger
University of Cologne
Koeln, Germany

Vasily Rybakin
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, California, U.S.A.

This book is co-published with Springer.

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ISBN: 978-0-387-09594-3
Pub date: 2008-08-05
156 pages
34 figures
10 tables
16 color pages

Table of contents

Introduction
Christoph S. Clemen, Vasily Rybakin and Ludwig Eichinger

SECTION I: THE WD- AND KELCH-REPEAT SUPERFAMILIES

1. Phylogenetic, Structural and Functional Relationships between WD-
and Kelch-Repeat Proteins
Andrew M. Hudson and Lynn Cooley

2. Diversity of WD-Repeat Proteins
Temple F. Smith

SECTION II: HISTORY, PHYLOGENY AND STRUCTURE

3. A Brief History of the Coronin Family
Eugenio L. de Hostos

4. Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of the Coronin Gene Family
Reginald O. Morgan and M. Pilar Fernandez

5. Coronin Structure and Implications
Bernadette McArdle and Andreas Hofmann

SECTION III: COMMON AND DIVERSE FUNCTIONS

6. Coronin: The Double-Edged Sword of Actin Dynamics
Meghal Gandhi and Bruce L. Goode

7. Invertebrate Coronins
Maria C. Shina and Angelika A. Noegel

8. Evolutionary and Functional Diversity of Coronin Proteins
Charles-Peter Xavier, Ludwig Eichinger, M. Pilar Fernandez, Reginald O. Morgan
and Christoph S. Clemen

9. Role of Mammalian Coronin 7 in the Biosynthetic Pathway
Vasily Rybakin

SECTION IV: CLINICAL RELEVANCE

10. Coronin 1 in Innate Immunity
Jean Pieters

11. The Role of Mammalian Coronins in Development and Disease
David W. Roadcap, Christoph S. Clemen and James E. Bear