Overview
- Features many recently developed methods, becoming more widely used with the development of advanced instrumentation and technology
- Contains detailed protocols to study plant cell wall structure, biochemical composition, and metabolism, to name a few areas
- Includes expert tips and vital implementation advice
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology (MIMB, volume 715)
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Table of contents (20 protocols)
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About this book
The cell wall and its constituent polysaccharides and proteins control nearly all plant-based biological and biophysical processes. Understanding the cell wall is, therefore, not only fundamental to the plant sciences but is also pertinent to aspects of human and animal nutrition and health as well as plant-microbe and plant-animal interactions. In The Plant Cell Wall: Methods and Protocols, experts in the field describe detailed methods which are currently being applied to investigate the many aspects of the plant cell wall including its structure, biochemical composition, and metabolism. The book delves into a range of techniques involving plant tissue culture, which can be applied to investigating cell wall structure and metabolism, methods directed towards structural analysis and occurrence of carbohydrates, the development and use of microscopy-based tools and techniques, procedures which measure the physical properties of the wall, and methods based on the application of molecular genetic approaches. Written in the successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Authoritative and easily accessible, The Plant Cell Wall: Methods and Protocols seeks to serve both professionals and novices with its well-honed methodologies in an effort to further our knowledge of this essential cellular feature.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Plant Cell Wall
Book Subtitle: Methods and Protocols
Editors: Zoë A. Popper
Series Title: Methods in Molecular Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-008-9
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Springer Protocols
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-61779-007-2Published: 12 January 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-6179-5Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-61779-008-9Published: 11 January 2011
Series ISSN: 1064-3745
Series E-ISSN: 1940-6029
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 310
Topics: Plant Sciences, Plant Physiology