Signal Transduction in Plants

P. Aducci

ISBN 10: 3034899386 / ISBN 13: 9783034899383

Edité par Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Okt 2011, 2011

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -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. 183 pp. Englisch.

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• Titre: Signal Transduction in Plants
• Éditeur: Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Okt 2011
• Date de parution: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3034899386
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783034899383
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 235 L x 155 H x 35 P (en millimètres) 235 millimètres de largeur par 155 millimètres de hauteur par 35 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 308 grammes

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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.