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Photomorphogenesis in Plants and Bacteria

Function and Signal Transduction Mechanisms

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. EBERHARD SCHÁFER

    1. Institute of Biology II / Botany, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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  2. FERENC NAGY

    1. Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary

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  • Up to date teaching and research articles from the world experts in photomorphogenesis
  • Covers the properties and signal transduction of plant photoreceptors from their bacterial ancestors to algae, ferns, mosses and higher plants

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xlviii
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  2. OVERVIEW OF PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

      • EBERHARD SCHÁFER, FERENC NAGY
      Pages 1-12

    3. PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS

      • EBERHARD SCHÁFER, FERENC NAGY
      Pages 13-23

    4. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS IN PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS

      • EBERHARD SCHÁFER, FERENC NAGY
      Pages 25-32

    5. GENETIC BASIS AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION FOR PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS

      • EBERHARD SCHÁFER, FERENC NAGY
      Pages 33-39

  3. THE PHYTOCHROME

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 40-40
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    2. THE PHYTOCHROME CHROMOPHORE

      • Seth J. Davis
      Pages 41-63

    3. STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND EVOLUTION OF MICROBIAL PHYTOCHROMES

      • Baruch Karniol, Richard D. Vierstra
      Pages 65-98

    4. PHYTOCHROME GENES IN HIGHER PLANTS: STRUCTURE,EXPRESSION, AND EVOLUTION

      • Robert A. Sharrock, Sarah Mathews
      Pages 99-129

    5. PHYTOCHROME DEGRADATION AND DARK REVERSION

      • Lars Hennig
      Pages 131-153

    6. INTRACELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF PHYTOCHROMES

      • Eberhard Schäfer, Stefan Kircher, Ferenc Nagy
      Pages 155-170

  4. BLUE-LIGHT AND UV-RECEPTORS

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. BLUE/UV-A RECEPTORS: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

      • Winslow R. Briggs
      Pages 171-197

    3. CRYPTOCHROMES

      • Anthony R. Cashmore
      Pages 199-221

    4. PHOTOTROPINS

      • Winslow R. Briggs, John M. Christie, Trevor E. Swartz
      Pages 223-252

    5. BLUE LIGHT PHOTORECEPTORS -BEYOND PHOTOTROPINS AND CRYPTOCHROMES

      • Jay Dunlap
      Pages 253-277

    6. UV-B PERCEPTION AND SIGNALLING IN HIGHER PLANTS

      • Roman Ulm
      Pages 279-304

    7. SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN BLUE LIGHT-MEDIATED RESPONSES

      • Vera Quecini, Emmanuel Liscum
      Pages 305-327

  5. SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 328-328
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About this book

Plants as sessile organisms have evolved fascinating capacities to adapt to changes in their natural environment. Arguably, light is by far the most important and variable environmental factor. The quality, quantity, direction and duration of light is monitored by a series of photoreceptors covering spectral information from UVB to near infrared. The response of the plants to light is called photomorphogenesis and it is regulated by the concerted action of photoreceptors. The combined techniques of action spectroscopy and biochemistry allowed one of the important photoreceptors – phytochrome – to be identified in the middle of the last century. An enormous number of physiological studies published in the last century describe the properties of phytochrome and its function and also the physiology of blue and UV-B photoreceptors, unidentified at the time. This knowledge was summarized in the advanced textbook “Photomorphogenesis in Plants” (Kendrick and Kronenberg, eds., 1986, 1994). With the advent of molecular biology, genetics and new molecular, cellular techniques, our knowledge in the field of photomorphogenesis has dramatically increased over the last 15 years.

Reviews

From the reviews:
"The book is of the highest scientific standard and can be recommended to all researchers in plant photobiology as well as to graduate and postgraduate students."
(Biologia Plantarum 36:4, 1994)

"The editors present a book that has long been awaited. … This book on ‘Photomorphogenesis in Plants and Bacteria’ is highly recommended … . It collects contribution from outstanding scientists in this research field. … The overall presentation of the book is acceptable and most of the figures are reproduced with sufficient quality." (Wolfgang Gärtner, Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol. 165 (3), 2008)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Biology II / Botany, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    EBERHARD SCHÁFER

  • Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary

    FERENC NAGY

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