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Mechanical Integration of Plant Cells and Plants

Chemical reactions and interactions between molecules are commonly considered the basis of life, and thus the biochemical nature of cells and organisms is relatively well recognized. Research conducted in recent years, however, increasingly indicates that physical forces profoundly affect the functi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Wojtaszek, Przemyslaw (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Colección:Signaling and Communication in Plants, 9
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Tensegral World of Plants
  • Micromechanics of Cell Walls
  • Mechanics of the Cytoskeleton
  • Intracellular Movement. Integration at the Cellular Level as Reflected in the Organization of Organelle Movements
  • Generating a Cellular Protuberance. Mechanics of Tip Growth
  • Mechanics of the Meristems
  • Mechanical Force Responses of Plant Cells and Plants
  • Mechanical Aspects of Gravity-Controlled Growth, Development and Morphogenesis
  • Osmosensing
  • Plants as Mechano-Osmotic Transducers
  • Integrative Mechanobiology of Growth and Architectural Development in Fluctuating Mechanical Environments
  • Hydraulics of Vascular Water Transport
  • MicroRNAs and Mechanical Stress.