Signaling in Plants

Peter Nick (auth.), Stefano Mancuso, Franti¿ek Balu¿ka (eds.)3540892273, 9783540892274, 9783540892281

This book addresses diverse aspects of signaling at all levels of plant organization, starting from single molecules; through vesicle recycling and organelles, dynamic actin cytoskeletons, and plant organs bending in response to sensory stimuli induced by abiotic cues such as gravity and light; up to the whole organism as related to its circadian clock or pathogen defense. Emphasis is placed on the integrative aspects of signaling, which foster our understanding of sensory and communicative plants in all their complexity.

Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages i-xii
Auxin and the Communication Between Plant Cells….Pages 1-27
Integrated Calcium Signaling in Plants….Pages 29-49
MAPK Signaling….Pages 51-69
Integrated Nod Factor Signaling in Plants….Pages 71-90
Physiological Roles of Cyclic Nucleotide Gated Channels in Plants….Pages 91-106
Signaling in Vesicle Traffic: Protein-Lipid Interface in Regulation of Plant Endomembrane Dynamics….Pages 107-133
Signaling to the Actin Cytoskeleton During Cell Morphogenesis and Patterning….Pages 135-153
Signaling via Plant Peroxidases….Pages 155-171
Signaling and Cell Walls….Pages 173-193
Ionic Loops and Rebounds: Oxygen-Deprivation Signaling in Plants….Pages 195-207
Signaling in Plant Gravitropism….Pages 209-237
Signaling in Phototropism….Pages 239-260
Signaling in the Circadian Clock….Pages 261-285
Vesicle Trafficking in Plant Pathogen Defence….Pages 287-301
Back Matter….Pages 303-307