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Plant Microtubules

Development and Flexibility

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  • Completely updated and revised second edition
  • For those working in academia and applied science, the book gives the state of the art of a fascinating field of cell biology
  • For graduates and advanced students, the book positions the most recent advances into a clear conceptual context
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Plant Cell Monographs (CELLMONO, volume 11)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
  2. Microtubules and Morphogenesis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
    2. Control of Cell Axis

      • Peter Nick
      Pages 3-46
  3. Microtubules and Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-82
    2. Microtubules and Pathogen Defence

      • Issei Kobayashi, Yuhko Kobayashi
      Pages 121-140
    3. Microtubules and Viral Movement

      • Manfred Heinlein
      Pages 141-173
  4. Microtubules and Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-206
    2. Microtubules and the Evolution of Mitosis

      • Anne-Catherine Schmit, Peter Nick
      Pages 233-266
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 267-269

About this book

Plant microtubules are key elements of cell growth, division and morphogenesis. In addition to their role in plant development and architecture, they have emerged as regulatory elements of signalling and important targets of evolution.

Since the publication of the first edition of Plant Microtubules in 2000, our understanding of microtubules and their manifold functions have advanced substantially. Consisting of the following three parts, this book highlights the morphogenetic potential of plant microtubules from three general viewpoints: Microtubules and Morphogenesis: control of cell axis during division and expansion, cross-talk with actin filaments, mechanical properties of the cell wall. Microtubules and Environment: the role of microtubules during the sensing or response of environmental factors such as pathogens or abiotic stresses. Microtubules and Evolution: complexity and specialization of plant microtubules in the context of plant evolution.

The book is an invaluable source of information for researchers as well as for graduate and advanced students.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plant Microtubules

  • Book Subtitle: Development and Flexibility

  • Editors: Peter Nick

  • Series Title: Plant Cell Monographs

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77178-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-77175-3Published: 07 May 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09588-7Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-77178-4Published: 10 April 2008

  • Series ISSN: 1861-1370

  • Series E-ISSN: 1861-1362

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 269

  • Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Cell Biology, Agriculture, Forestry, Biotechnology

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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