Cellular Communication in Plants / Edition 1

by R.M. Amasino

Overview

This is an exciting period in plant biology as many disciplines, such as genetics and biochemistry, are merging to provide a more detailed understanding of plant growth and development. The purpose of this meeting was to provide a sampling of some of this exciting work in the area of cellular communication and signal transduction. R. M. Amasino vii CONTENTS Auxin-Binding Proteins and their Possible Role in Cell Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alan M. Jones Signal Perception in Plants: Hepta-B-Glucoside Elicitor Binding Proteins in Soybean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Michael G. Hahn, Jong-Joo Cheong, Robert M. Alba, and Franfois Cote The Role of Salicylic Acid as a Plant Signal Molecule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Paul Silverman, Rebecca A. Linzer, and Ilya Raskin Blue-Light Regulated Gene Expression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Lon S. Kaufman, Kathleen A. Marrs, Katherine M. F. Warpeha, Jie Gao, Keshab Bhattacharya, Judi TIlghman, and John F. Marsh III Role of the Maize Viviparous-l Gene in Regulation of Seed Maturation . . . . . . . . . 27 Donald R. McCarty Lovastatin Induces Cytokinin Dependence in Tobacco Cultures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Dring N. Crowell and Michael S. Salaz Molecular Genetic Approaches to Elucidating the Role of Hormones in Plant Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Harry Klee and Charles Romano Reversible Inhibition of Tomato Fruit Ripening by Antisense ACC Synthase RNA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Athanasios Theologis, Paul W. Oeller and Lu Min-Wong Genetic Dissection of Signal Transduction Pathways that Regulate cab Gene Expression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Joanne Chory, Lothar Altschmied, Hector Cabrera, Hsou-min Li, and Ronald Susek The Role of KNI in Plant Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306444159
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	05/31/1993
Edition description:	1993
Pages:	181
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Auxin Binding Proteins and Their Possible Role in Cell Development (A.M. Jones). The Role of Salicylic Acid as a Plant Signal Molecule (P. Silverman et al.). BlueLight Regulated Gene Expression (L.S. Kaufman et al.). Role of the Maize Viviparous1 Gene in Regulation of Seed Maturation (D.R. McCarty). Lovastatin Induces Cytokinin Dependence in Tobacco Cultures (D.N. Crowell, M.S. Salaz). Molecular Genetic Approaches to Elucidating the Role of Hormones in Plant Development (H. Klee, C. Romano). Reversible Inhibition of Tomato Fruit Ripening by Antisense ACC Synthase RNA (A. Theologis et al.). Genetic Reception of Signal Transduction Pathways that Regulate cab Gene Expression (J. Chory et al.). The Role of KN1 in Plant Development (S. Hake). Elicitation of Organized Pigmentation Patterns by a Chalcone Synthase Transgene (R.A. Jorgenson). Cell Communication and the Coordination of Differentiation (J.A. Verbeke). 8 additional articles. Index.

Editorial Reviews

Reversible inhibition of tomato fruit ripening by antisense ACC synthase RNA, the role of salicylic acid as a plant signal molecule, and blue-light regulated gene expression are among the topics discussed in 19 papers from a symposium in Madison, WI, June 1992. About 40 abstracts of talks and poster papers are also included. The new advances reported in the cellular communication and signal transduction in plants have been made possible by the merging of many disciplines, such as genetics and biochemistry. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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