Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 18, Plasmodesmata (eBook)

Karl J. Oparka (Herausgeber)

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2008 | 1. Auflage
328 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-99414-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Since their discovery over 100 years ago, plasmodesmata have been
the focus of intense investigation. Plasmodesmata are unique to
plants and form an intercellular continuum for the transport of
solutes, signals and ribonucleoprotein complexes. It is now clear
that plasmodesmata formation and regulation are central to a
diverse range of plant functions that include developmental
programming, host-pathogen interactions and systemic RNA
signaling.

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of the diverse
forms and functions of plasmodesmata. It covers the structure and
evolution of plasmodesmata, their role in plant development and
solute transport, and their central function in systemic signaling
via the phloem. It includes critical evaluations of current methods
used to study intercellular transport via plasmodesmata.

The volume is directed at researchers and professionals in plant
cell biology, plant molecular biology, plant physiology and plant
pathology.

Autor

Professor Karl J. Oparka, FRSE is at the Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, UK

Inhalt

Contributors.

Preface.

1. Plasmodesmal structure and development.

Alison G. Roberts, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee,
UK.

2. Evolution of plasmodesmata.

John A. Raven, Division of Environmental and Applied Biology,
University of Dundee, UK.

3. Plasmodesmata: protein transport signals and receptors.

Friedrich Kragler, Vienna Biocenter, Austria.

4. Comparative structures of specialised monocotyledonous leaf
blade plasmodesmata.

C. E. J. Botha, Botany Department, Rhodes University,
Grahamstown, South Africa, R. H. M. Cross, Electron Microscopy
Unit, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa and L. Liu,
Linyi University, Linyi, China.

5. Plasmodesmata and plant morphogenesis.

Ken Kobayashi, Insoon Kim, Euna Cho and Patricia Zambryski,
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of
California, Berkeley, USA.

6. Transcription factor movement through plasmodesmata.

David Jackson, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA.

7. Role of plasmodesmata in solute loading and unloading.

Alexander Schulz, Department of Plant Biology, The Royal
Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark.

8. Plasmodesmata and the phloem: conduits for local and
long-distance signaling.

Robert L. Gilbertson, Maria R. Rojas, and William J. Lucas,
Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis,
USA.

9. Movement of viruses to and through plasmodesmata.

Richard S. Nelson, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore,
Oklahoma, USA.

10. Systemic RNA silencing.

Manfred Heinlein, Institute of Botany, University of Basel,
Switzerland.

11. Techniques for imaging intercellular transport.

Karl Oparka and Petra Boevink, Unit of Cell Biology, Scottish
Crop Research Institute, Dundee, UK.

12. Electrical signalling via plasmodesmata.

Aart J. E. van Bel and Katrina Ehlers, Institute of General
Botany, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.

13. Regulation of plasmodesmal conductance.

Terena L. Holdaway-Clarke, School of Biological Sciences,
University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.5.2008
• Reihe/Serie: Annual Plant Reviews
• Reihe/Serie: Annual Plant Reviews
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Biowissenschaften • Botanik / Biochemie • Life Sciences • plant biochemistry
• ISBN-10: 0-470-99414-2 / 0470994142
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-99414-6 / 9780470994146