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Title

Signal transduction in plants / edited by P. Aducci.

Publication

Basel : Boston, Mass. : Birkhäuser Verlag, [1997], ©1997.

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Additional Authors

Aducci, P. (Patrizia), 1952-

Description

181 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

• The molecular aspects of recognition and transduction of different kinds of signals is a research area that is spawning increasing interest world-wide. Major advances have been made in animal systems but recently plants too, have become particularly attractive because of their promising role in biotechnology.
• The type of signals peculiar to the plant world and the similarity of plant transduction pathways investigated thus far to their animal counterparts are prompting more and more studies in this modern area of cell biology. The present book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive survey of all aspects of the recognition and transduction of plant signals of both chemical and physical origin such as hormones, light, toxins and elicitors.
• The contributing authors are drawn from diverse areas of plant physiology and plant molecular biology and present here different approaches to studying the recognition and transduction of different signals which specifically trigger molecular processes in plants.
• Recent advances in the field are reviewed, providing the reader with the current state of knowledge as well as insight into research perspectives and future developments. The book should interest a wide audience that includes not only researchers, advanced students, and teachers of plant biology, biochemistry and agriculture, but it has also significant implications for people working in related fields of animal systems.

Series Statement

Molecular and cell biology updates

Uniform Title

Molecular and cell biology updates.

Subject

• Plant cells and tissues
• Cellular signal transduction
• Plant molecular biology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Roles of ion channels in initiation of signal transduction in higher plants / J. M. Ward and J. I. Schroeder -- ABA signaling in plant development and growth / T. L. Thomas, H.-J. Chung and A. N. Nunberg -- Auxin perception and signal transduction / M. A. Venis and R. M. Napier -- Transduction of ethylene responses / M. A. Hall and A. R. Smith -- Phytotoxins as molecular signals / P. Aducci, A. Ballio and M. Marra -- Blue light-activated signal transduction in higher plants / W. R. Briggs and E. Liscum -- The transduction of light signals by phytochrome / C. Bowler -- Perception of fungal elicitors and signal transduction / F. Cervone, R. Castoria and F. Leckie [et al.].

ISBN

• 3764353074 (Basel : hc : acid-free paper)
• 0817653074 (Boston : hc : acid-free paper)

LCCN

96048484

OCLC

• 35835813
• ocm35835813

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Columbia University Libraries