| Edited by C. J. Smith , and J. Gallon , both at the Biochemistry Research Group, University College of Swansea, D. Chiatante , and G. Zocchi , both at Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy.
Starting from the mechanisms of signal perception and transduction through to environmental effects, this book looks at a whole range of growth regulators, including those natural to the plants themselves, such as auxin and ethylene; and natural products from other sources, such as the fungal product fusicoccin. Regulation at all levels is considered, from initial perception of the growth signal, through transduction responses and DNA replication, to the "ultimate" level of cell expansion. The message which emerges is that no one approach is going to solve the remaining or future problems in this field; only by the efforts and collaboration of physiologists, biochemists, molecular biologists and others will progress be made.
Contents: A critical review on proposed hormone action: the example of auxin; Ecological adaptations at levels with different scaling: ecosystems, whole plants, cells, membranes, molecules; Assimilate translocation and membrane transport as limiting factors for plant growth; Compartmentation of nutrient ions in relation to supply and growth; Selection for mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana altered in solute uptake; Plant sugar transporters: their contribution to and their dependence on metabolism; Natural products in plant growth regulations; The search for phytohormone receptors: a role for auxin-binding proteins?; Ehtylene receptors; Cytokinin-binding protein(s) and protein kinases in cytokinin signal transduction; Biochemical regulation of DNA replication; Enforcement and release of quiescence in cells in the embryo axis of the seed: role of the nuclear proteins; rolB A bacterial gene capable of controlling auxin response and morphogenesis in plant cells; From phytochrome to phytochromes; Hormones in the seed of Sechium edule : role in germination and growth; Growth, turgor, cell-wall properties, and microfibril orientation along the growing-zone transduction in living plant cells; Mobilization of vacuolar calcium through the tonoplast; Metabolism-mediated control of STP-driven H^Ov extrusion: some evidence and a working hypothesis; The plasma-membrane Ca^Ov pump: biochemical characteristics and regulatory properties; Fusicoccin receptors: perception and transduction of the fusicoccin signal; Index.
298 pages, halftones, line drawings, tables, Clarendon Press, July 1994 0-19-857764-8, Hardback, £62.95 , £47.20 |
