Overview
- Editors:
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Ivana Macháčková
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Institute of Experimental Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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Georgy A. Romanov
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Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Table of contents (25 papers)
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Flowering
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- G. W. M. Barendse, K. J. P. T. Van Den Heuvel
Pages 41-47
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- Jordi Bou, Ariadna Virgós, Jaime Martínez-García, Salomé Prat
Pages 57-66
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- A. Tretyn, K. Głowacka, K. Kasprzak, E. Galoch, H. Kulikowska-Gulewska, J. Kopcewicz
Pages 67-78
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- Jan Kolář, Ivana Macháčková
Pages 79-87
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- E. L. Milyaeva, V. U. Nikiforova
Pages 89-93
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Cytokinins
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- T. Schmülling, T. Werner, M. Riefler, E. Krupková, I. Bartrina, Y. Manns et al.
Pages 97-108
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- M. Kamínek, B. Šolcová, M. Trčková, V. Motyka, S. Daskalova, M. C. Elliott
Pages 109-128
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- G. A. Romanov, I. A. Getman, Yu. P. Bolyakina, N. Yu. Rakova, J. J. Kieber, T. Schmülling
Pages 129-139
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Auxins
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Front Matter
Pages 141-141
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- David A. Morris, Eva Zažímalová
Pages 143-155
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- S. S. Medvedev, I. V. Markova
Pages 157-169
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- R. K. Salyaev, N. I. Rekoslavskaya, S. Mapelli, V. M. Sumtsova, N. V. Pakova, A. A. Truchin
Pages 171-183
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About this book
Phytohormone research is a crucially important area of plant sciences. Phytohormones are one of the key systems integrating metabolic and developmental events in the whole plant and the response of plants to external factors. Thus, they influence the yield and quality of crops. During the last decade we have slowly begun to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying phytohormone action, largely as a result of the rapid developments that have been made internationally in the field of plant molecular genetics. Putative receptor proteins for ethylene (1993- 95), brassinosteroids (1997) and cytokinins (2001) have been identified and the genes that encode them cloned. Primary response genes and elements of hormonal signal transduction have also been identified for most known phytohormones. There is now little doubt that phytohormones, like their animal counterparts, function as signal molecules and create a signalling network in the whole plant organism. The in vivo activity of hormones depends, among other things, on their rate of biosynthesis and metabolism, and on their transport into and out of target cells. Consequently, genes and enzymes involved in these processes are of particular interest. In recent years a number of genes encoding enzymes for the synthesis, modification and degradation of different phytohormones have been cloned and identified, as have genes encoding proteins involved in phytohormone transport and its regulation. Some classes of phytohormone have been shown to participate in stress reactions and can increase the resistance of plants to unfavorable environmental factors.
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute of Experimental Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Ivana Macháčková
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Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Georgy A. Romanov