Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 16, Intercellular Communication in Plants,

by Editor: Andrew J. Fleming (Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield)

• ISBN13: 9781405172608
• ISBN10: 1405172606
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-02-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 16Intercellular communication in plants plays a vital role in the co-ordination of processes leading to the formation of a functional organism. The signalling systems must function at a local level to co-ordinate events of cellular differentiation, over long distances to co-ordinate developmental and physiological responses in different parts of the plant, and they must even operate between separate individuals - for example, to control fertilization as part of the evolutionary strategy of a particular species. To cope with the diverse requirements for intercellular signalling, plants have evolved a spectrum of molecular mechanisms, and significant progress has been made over the last few years in our understanding of these processes.This volume provides an overview of our current understanding of intercellular communication in plants, with an emphasis on those research areas showing significant recent progress and promise. It is directed at researchers and professionals in plant biochemistry, physiology, cell biology and molecular biology.

Table of Contents

Auxin as an intercellular signal

Jiri Friml and Justyna Wisniewska, Department of Developmental Genetics, University of Tübingen, Germany

Peptides as signals

Yiji Xia, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St Louis, Missouri, USA

RNA as a signalling molecule

Patrice Dunoyer and Olivier Voinnet, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS, Strasbourg, France

The plant extracellular matrix and signalling

Andrew Fleming, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK

Plasmodesmata û gateways for intercellular communication in plants

Trudie Gillespie and Karl Oparka, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, UK

Lessons from the vegetative shoot apex

John Golz, School of Biological Sciences, University of Victoria, Australia

Intercellular communication during floral initiation and development

George Coupland, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding, Cologne, Germany

Lessons from the root apex

Martin Bonke, Sari Tähtiharju and Ykä Helariutta, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Finland

Lessons from leaf epidermal patterning in plants

Bhylahalli Purushottam and Martin Hülskamp, Botanical Institute, University of Cologne, Germany

Lessons on signalling in plant self-incompatibility systems

Andrew G. McCubbin, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullmann, USA

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