Signal Transduction in Plants
(Sprache: Englisch)
Increasing interest has been emerging in the last decade in the field of signal recognition and transduction. This is particularly true for animal systems where an impressive amount of literature is appearing and where many important pathways have been...
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Increasing interest has been emerging in the last decade in the field of signal recognition and transduction. This is particularly true for animal systems where an impressive amount of literature is appearing and where many important pathways have been clarified at a molecular level. In the elucidation of the functions of single components of a given pathway, gene cloning has played a major role and opened the field to the genetic engineering of these complex systems. At variance with this situation, plant systems are less well elucidated, even if in recent years exciting research of developments have been initiated especially with the view toward the most promising role plants in biotechnology. Recent studies have elucidated some of the events involved in the perception of the plant hormone signals and some steps concerning its transduction. Only for three of the five hormones in plants, namely auxin, ethylene and cytokinins, have specific receptors been isolated. The use of classical molecular approaches, together with the more recently isolated mutants, have produced crucial information on receptors and shed light on possible transduction pathways. As in the case of red light, more than one pathway can be triggered by one specific signal. Many systems involved in animal signaling are now shown to be present also in plants, and in view of the fast progress in this area, it will be possible in the near future to fully describe the content of the "black boxes" in the reaction chain specifically triggered by a signal.
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 a 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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Signal Transduction in Plants “
Chemical signals: Hormones, Phytotoxins.- Roles of ion channels in initiation of signal transduction in higher plants.- ABA signaling in plant development and growth.- Auxin perception and signal transduction.- Transduction of ethylene responses.- Phytotoxins as molecular signals.- Physical signals: Blue and red light.- Blue light-activated signal transduction in higher plants.- The transduction of light signals by phytochrome.- Biotic signals: Host-pathogen interactions.- Perception of fungal elicitors and signal transduction.
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- 1997, 196 Seiten, Maße: 16 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: P. Aducci
- Verlag: Springer Basel AG
- ISBN-10: 3764353074
- ISBN-13: 9783764353070
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.1996
Sprache:
Englisch
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