Learning on ScreenRole of Microfilaments in Cell Motility, The
- Synopsis
- Uses research film footage shot in laboratories by eminent specialists involved in cell motility studies. Opens with a brief summary of muscle movement and the roles of proteins actin and myosin. Creatures without muscles are examined - ‘Amoeba proteus’, ‘Pelomyxa’, algal cells from the ‘Characeae’ group such as ‘Nitella’ and ‘Chara’. The slime mould ‘Physarum polycephalum’ is also examined. Experiments on protoplasmic streaming are shown as well as evidence for the role of microfilaments in motility.
- Series
- Where There is Life There is Motion, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Japan
- Medium
- Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 26 min. Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1982
- Availability
- Hire (film - HEFVL)
Sale (video - BUFVC); 1996 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p) - Uses
- Undergraduate courses in cell biology.*
- Subjects
- Biology
- Keywords
- cell function; cells
Credits
- Producer
- Kazuo Okada
- Contributor
- J Hyams
- Cast
Paul Vaughan
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
- Name
JAPAN
- info@TokyoCinema.net
- Web
- http://TokyoCinema.net External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +81 3 3269 6751
- Fax
- +81 3 3269 6746
Distributor
- Name
Higher Education Film & Video Library
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac. External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7393 1503
- Fax
- 020 7393 1555
- Address
- c/o British Universities Film & Video Council
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ - Notes
- Catalogue available from British Universities Film & Video Council.
- Name
Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- York House
221 Pentonville Road
London
N1 9UZ - Notes
- The Learning on Screen distribution library is currently only available in part. Please contact us with any individual queries. The two series of InterUniversity History Film Consortium films which make extensive use of archive footage been digitised for free, online viewing by UK HE institutions - see Learning on Screen InterUniversity History Film Consortium Films (qv).
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