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Book SynopsisAnnual Plant Reviews, Volume 15
This volume addresses some of the most important and hotly-pursued topics in the field of plant membrane transport.
The first two chapters consider membrane transport analysis, emphasizing concepts, techniques and tools for electrophysiology. Chapters 3-8 divide along boundaries of pumps, coupled transporters and channels; the addition of a chapter on water channels highlights this rapidly expanding and, until recently, highly controversial topic. Chapters 9 and 10 deal with issues of Ca2+ and H+ signalling, and of membrane traffic that increasingly attracts the attention of researchers in plant development. Finally, chapters 11 and 12 take a post-genomic look at the problems of understanding the integration of transport mechanisms and its relevance to inorganic nutrition and phytoremediation. An overriding theme throughout is the extent to which the research on membrane transport now informs the fields of pla
Table of Contents
1. Concepts and techniques in plant membrane physiology.
Michael R. Blatt, Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Glasgow, UK.
2. Electrophysiology equipment and software.
Adrian Hills and Vadim Volkov, Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Glasgow, UK.
3. Structure, function and regulation of primary H+ and Ca2+ pumps.
Rosa L. López-Marqués, Morten Schiøtt, Mia Kyed Jakobsen and Michael G. Palmgren, Department of Plant Biology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
4. Ion-coupled transport of inorganic solutes.
Malcolm J. Hawkesford and Anthony J. Miller, Crop Performance and Improvement Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK.
5. Functional analysis of proton-coupled sucrose transport.
Daniel R. Bush, USDA-ARS and Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA.
6. Voltage-gated ion channels.
Ingo Dreyer, Bernd Müller-Röber and Barbara Köhler, Universität Potsdam, Institut für Biochemie und Biologie, Golm, Germany.
7. Ligand-gated ion channels.
Frans Maathius, Biology Department, University of York, UK.
8. Aquaporins in plants.
Clare Vander Willigen, Lionel Verdoucq, Yann Boursiac and Christophe Maurel, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
9. Ca2+ and pH as integrating signals in transport control.
Tatiana N. Bibikova, Sarah M. Assmann and Simon Gilroy, Biology Department, Penn. State University, Pennsylvania, USA.
10. Vesicle traffic and plasma membrane transport.
Annette C Hurst, Gerhard Thiel and Ulrike Homann, Botanisches Institut, TU-Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
11. Potassium nutrition and salt stress.
Anna Amtmann, Patrick Armengaud and Vadim Volkov, Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Glasgow, UK.
12. Membrane transport and soil bioremediation.
Susan Rosser and Peter Dominy, Plant Sciences, IBLS, University of Glasgow, UK.
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