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Plasmodesmata

Structure, Function, Role in Cell Communication

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. A. J. E. Bel

    1. Institut für Allgemeine Botanik und Pflanzenphysiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany

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  2. Wilhelmus J. P. Kesteren

    1. Institut für Allgemeine Botanik und Pflanzenphysiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany

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  • While most books on plant cell biology concentrate on the cells and their interior, this book exclusively deals with the plasma connections between cells which play a most important role in the cell-cell communication

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Plasmodesmata, a Maze of Questions

    • A. J. E. van Bel, S. Günther, W. J. P. van Kesteren
    Pages 1-26

  3. Plasmodesmal Imaging—Towards Understanding Structure

    • C. E. J. Botha, R. H. M. Cross
    Pages 27-36

  4. Tissue Preparation and Substructure of Plasmodesmata

    • B. Ding
    Pages 37-49

  5. Electrical Coupling

    • H. V. N. Van Rijen, R. Wilders, H. J. Jongsma
    Pages 51-65

  6. Use and Limitations of Fluorochromes for Plasmodesmal Research

    • P. B. Goodwin, L. C. Cantril
    Pages 67-84

  7. Use of GFP-Tagged Viruses in Plasmodesmal Research

    • K. J. Oparka, A. G. Roberts, S. Santa Cruz
    Pages 85-99

  8. Evolution of Plasmodesmata

    • M. E. Cook, L. E. Graham
    Pages 101-117

  9. The Perforate Septal Pore Cap of Basidiomycetes

    • W. H. Müller, B. M. Humbel, A. C. Van Aelst, T. P. Van der Krift, T. Boekhout
    Pages 119-127

  10. Substructure of Plasmodesmata

    • R. L. Overall
    Pages 129-148

  11. Multimorphology and Nomenclature of Plasmodesmata in Higher Plants

    • R. Kollmann, C. Glockmann
    Pages 149-172

  12. Physiological Control of Plasmodesmal Gating

    • A. Schulz
    Pages 173-204

  13. Plasmodesmal Cou lin p g and Cell Differentiation in Aigae

    • M. Kwiatkowska
    Pages 205-224

  14. The Symplasmic Organization of the Shoot Apical Meristern

    • C. Van Der Schoot, P. Rinne
    Pages 225-242

  15. The Physiological and Developmental Consequences of Plasmodesmal Connectivity

    • K. Ehlers, A. J. E. van Bel
    Pages 243-260

  16. Plasmodesmata in the Phloem-Loading Pathway

    • D. U. Beebe, W. A. Russin
    Pages 261-293

  17. P-Protein Trafficking Through Plasmodesmata

    • G. A. Thompson
    Pages 295-313

  18. Plasmodesmata and Long-Distance Virus Movement

    • P. M. Derrick, S. Nelson
    Pages 315-339

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 341-357
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About this book

Plasmodesmata are minuscule plasma corridors between plant cells which are of paramount importance for transport, communication and signalling between cells. These nano-channels are responsible for the integrated action of cells within tissues and for the subdivision of the plant body into working symplast units.
This book updates the wealth of new information in this rapidly expanding field. Reputed workers in the field discuss major techniques in plasmodesmatal research and describe recent discoveries on the ultrastructure, the functioning and the role of plasmodesmata in intracellular transport and communication, in cell differentiation, plant development and virus translocation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Allgemeine Botanik und Pflanzenphysiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany

    A. J. E. Bel, Wilhelmus J. P. Kesteren

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plasmodesmata

  • Book Subtitle: Structure, Function, Role in Cell Communication

  • Editors: A. J. E. Bel, Wilhelmus J. P. Kesteren

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60035-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64229-6Published: 16 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-60035-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 357

  • Topics: Plant Sciences

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