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Contributors ix

Preface xiii

1 . Bioinformatic Approaches to Dynein Heavy Chain Classification

< P>Toshiki Yagi

I. Introduction 2

II. Methods 3

III. Materials 5

IV. Results and Discussion 6

R eferences 8

1. Identification and Characterization of Dynein G enes in Tetrahymena

David E. Wilkes, Nicole Bennardo, Clarence W.C. Chan, Yu-Loung Chang,

Elizabeth O. Corpuz, Jennifer DuMo nd, Jordan A. Eboreime, Julianna Erickson,

Jonathan Hetzel, Er in E. Heyer, Mark J. Hubenschmidt, Ekaterina Kniazeva,

Hallie Kuhn, Michelle Lum, Andrea Sand, Alicia Schep, Oksana Sergeeva,

< P>Natt Supab, Caroline R. Townsend, Liesl Van Ryswyk, Hadley E. Watson,< /P> Alice E. Wiedeman, Vidyalakshmi Rajagopalan, and David J. Asai

I. Introduction 12

II. Methods and Results 14

III. Discussion 26

References 27

1. Purificatio n of Axonemal Dyneins and Dynein-Associated Components

from Ch lamydomonas

Stephen M. King

I. Introduction 32