Ebook: Signal Transduction in Plant Growth and Development

Plant growth and development is controlled by various environmental cues that are sensed by the plant via various signal transduction pathways coupled to specific response. Some of these pathways are conserved from yeast to plants being regulated by various kinases and phosphatases. In addition, plants have many unique pathways that transduce to specific signals such as light, phytohormones and oligosaccharides. This volume highlights some of the examples of the plant signal transduction machinery opening new vistas in research on plant growth and development. The new technologies including the use of bacteria, yeast and Arabidopsis as functional complementation systems are providing proof of function of many of the proteins that show homology to those from other organisms. These studies will eventually lead to improvement of crop plants and use of plants as a new resource for producing desirable products to meet the growing needs of mankind.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Signal Transducing Proteins in Plants: an Overview....Pages 1-37
G-Protein Regulation of Plant K+ Channels....Pages 39-61
Metabolite Sensing and Regulatory Points of Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolic Pathways and Partitioning in Plants....Pages 63-86
Regulation of C/N Interactions in Higher Plants by Protein Phosphorylation....Pages 87-112
Phosphorylation and the Cytoskeleton....Pages 113-139
The Regulatory Phosphorylation of C4 Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase: a Cardinal Event in C4 Photosynthesis....Pages 141-166
Salicylic Acid—an Important Signal in Plants....Pages 167-196
Biologically Active Lipids and Lipid-modulated Protein Kinase in Plants....Pages 197-215
S-Locus Receptor Kinase Genes and Self-incompatibility in Brassica napus ....Pages 217-230
Mechanisms of Input and Output in Circadian Transduction Pathways....Pages 231-247
Role of Plasmodesmata and Virus Movement Proteins in Spread of Plant Viruses....Pages 249-279
Ex-Planta and In-Planta Signals in Legume-Rhizobium Interaction....Pages 281-309
Back Matter....Pages 311-318

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Signal Transducing Proteins in Plants: an Overview....Pages 1-37
G-Protein Regulation of Plant K+ Channels....Pages 39-61
Metabolite Sensing and Regulatory Points of Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolic Pathways and Partitioning in Plants....Pages 63-86
Regulation of C/N Interactions in Higher Plants by Protein Phosphorylation....Pages 87-112
Phosphorylation and the Cytoskeleton....Pages 113-139
The Regulatory Phosphorylation of C4 Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase: a Cardinal Event in C4 Photosynthesis....Pages 141-166
Salicylic Acid—an Important Signal in Plants....Pages 167-196
Biologically Active Lipids and Lipid-modulated Protein Kinase in Plants....Pages 197-215
S-Locus Receptor Kinase Genes and Self-incompatibility in Brassica napus ....Pages 217-230
Mechanisms of Input and Output in Circadian Transduction Pathways....Pages 231-247
Role of Plasmodesmata and Virus Movement Proteins in Spread of Plant Viruses....Pages 249-279
Ex-Planta and In-Planta Signals in Legume-Rhizobium Interaction....Pages 281-309
Back Matter....Pages 311-318
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