Perspectives in Plant Cell Recognition (Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series, Series Number 48) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521404452 ISBN 13: 9780521404457

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1992

Synopsis

Originally published in 1992, Perspectives in Plant Cell Recognition presents a review of advances in understanding the cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms governing cell–cell interactions in plants. In the case of the interaction between different cells of the same plant, progress in the study of gametes and associated organs during sexual reproduction is examined. Progress in the study of associations between somatic cells crucial to coordinated tissue development are also reported. Interactions between plant cells and cells of other organisms are then represented by consideration of plant pathogenesis and examples of mutualistic symbiosis. In particular, the Rhizobium/legume symbiosis has been studied extensively and the genes controlling the specificity of the interaction and involved in creating a harmonious mutualism have been cloned and their products identified.

About this title

Book Description:

Originally published in 1992, Perspectives in Plant Cell Recognition presents a review of advances in understanding the cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms governing cell–cell interactions in plants. Progress in the study of gametes and associated organs during sexual reproduction is examined amongst other topics.

Synopsis:

Perspectives in Plant Cell Recognition presents a review of recent advances in understanding the cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms governing cell-cell interactions in plants. In the case of the interaction between different cells of the same plant, most progress has been made in the study of gametes and associated organs during sexual reproduction and the volume begins with several contributions on this topic. Exciting progress in the study of associations between somatic cells crucial to coordinated tissue development is also reported. Interactions between plant cells and cells of other organisms are then represented by consideration of plant pathogenesis and examples of mutualistic symbiosis; the study of both of these areas has yielded significant information about this category of interaction. In particular, the Rhizobium/legume symbiosis has been studied extensively and the genes controlling the specificity of the interaction and involved in creating a harmonious mutualism have been cloned and their products identified.

This volume will be of value to advanced undergraduates and research students seeking a broad introduction to plant recognition systems, and to research workers in the area of cell recognition looking for information on systems with which they may not be familiar.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0521404452
• ISBN 13: 9780521404457
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 318
• Editor: Callow J. A., Green J. R.