Cellular Integration of Signalling Pathways in Plant Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-IX

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2. Protein Sorting and Post-translation Modification

   1. Mechanisms for the Transport of Soluble Proteins to the Vacuole in Plants

      • Sridhar Venkataraman, Natasha V. Raikhel

      Pages 1-9

   2. Aquaporins: Their Role and Regulation in Cellular Water Movement

      • Vipula K. Shukla, Maarten J. Chrispeels

      Pages 11-22

   3. Transport of Cytoplasmically Synthesized Proteins into Chloroplasts

      • Kenneth Keegstra, Mitsuru Akita, Jennifer Davila-Aponte, John Froehlich, Erik Nielsen, Sigrun Reumann

      Pages 23-33

3. Membrane Channels and Pumps

   1. On the Structure and Function of Plant K+ Channels

      • Rainer Hedrich, Stefan Hoth, Dirk Becker, Ingo Dreyer, Petra Dietrich

      Pages 35-45

   2. Integration of Ion Channel Activity in Calcium Signalling Pathways

      • Dale Sanders, Gethyn J Allen, Shelagh R Muir, Stephen K Roberts

      Pages 47-58

   3. Protein Kinase and Phosphatase Regulation During Abscisic Acid Signaling and Ion Channel Regulation in Guard Cells

      • Julian I. Schroeder, Martin Schwarz, Zhen-Ming Pei

      Pages 59-69

4. Signal Transduction

   1. UV and blue light signal transduction in the regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis gene expression in Arabidopsis

      • Gareth I. Jenkins

      Pages 71-82

   2. Molecular Approaches to Biochemical Purification: The COP9 Complex Paradigm

      • Daniel A. Chamovitz, Xing-Wang Deng

      Pages 83-91

5. Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Pathways

   1. Silencing of Gene Expression in the Anthocyanin Regulatory Gene Families

      • Angela Ronchi, Roberto Pilu, Chiara Tonelli

      Pages 93-102

   2. Quelling: transgene-induced gene silencing in Neurospora crassa

      • Carlo Cogoni, Giuseppe Macino

      Pages 103-112

   3. Import and editing of plant mitochondrial transfer RNAs

      • Laurence Maréchal-Drouard, Ian Small, Anne Cosset, Anne-Marie Duchêne, Raman Kumar, Hakim Mireau et al.

      Pages 113-124

   4. mRNA Decay Machinery in Plants: Approaches and Potential Components

      • James P. Kastenmayer, Ambro van Hoof, Mark A. Johnson, Pamela J. Green

      Pages 125-133

6. The Regulation and Manipulation of the Biosynthetic Pathways

   1. Molecular Cloning and Characterization of two cDNAs Encoding Enzymes Required for Secondary Cell Wall Biosynthesis in Maize

      • Laura Civardi, Alain Murigneux, Patricia Tatout, Pere Puigdomènech, Joan Rigau

      Pages 135-146

   2. Dissecting Light Repression of the Asparagine Synthetase gene (AS1) in Arabidopsis

      • Nora Ngai, Gloria Coruzzi

      Pages 147-157

   3. Genetic Approaches to Understanding the Regulation of Tryptophan Biosynthesis

      • Katherine J. Denby, Robert L. Last

      Pages 159-170

   4. Indole Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus: The Establishment of a Model System

      • Vincenzo De Luca, Benoit St-Pierre, Felipe Vazquez Flota, Pierre Laflamme

      Pages 171-187

7. Embryogenesis

   1. Surface Control of Cell Polarity, the Plane of Cell Division, and Cell Fate in Fucus Embryos

      • Ralph S. Quatrano

      Pages 189-194

   2. Induction and Progression of Somatic Embryogenesis

      • Fiorella Lo Schiavo

      Pages 195-206

   3. Identification of genes expressed during Arabidopsis thaliana embryogenesis using enhancer trap and gene trap Ds-transposons

      • Casper W. Vroemen, Nicole Aarts, Paul M. J. Rieden, Ab van Kammen, Sacco C. de Vries

      Pages 207-232

In the last few years there have been tremendous advances in the understanding of signals and signalling pathways that operate at the cellular level and lead to developmental processes. In 27 chapters, this volume investigates the cellular and molecular basis of plant development. It highlights the most recent progress on signals, machinery, and pathways in the plant cell. Emphasis is placed on integrating these studies with those on cell division, cell plate formation, and other aspects of plant development, in order to elucidate the intricate relationships between them.

• Chloroplast
• Embryo
• cell
• cell division
• development
• gene expression
• membrane
• molecular biology
• plant
• plant development
• plants
• protein
• regulation
• transcription
• translation

• Department of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

  Fiorella Schiavo

• Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research and Section of Genetics and Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

  Robert L. Last

• Unità di Nutrizione Sperimentale, Istituto Nazionale della Nutrizione, Rome, Italy

  Giorgio Morelli

• Department of Energy and Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

  Natasha V. Raikhel

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