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Advances in botanical research. Volume 25, The plant vacuole /

Advances in Botanical Research is a multi-volume publication that brings together reviews by recognized experts on subjects of importance to those involved in botanical research. For more than thirty years, Advances in Botanical Research has earned a reputation for excellence in the field. For those...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Callow, J. A., Leigh, R. A., Sanders, D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego, CA ; London : Academic Press, 1997.
Colección:Advances in botanical research.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Advances in Botanical Research, Volume 25; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors to Volume 25; Contents of Volumes 14-24; Series Preface; Preface; Chapter 1. The Biogenesis of Vacuoles: Insights from Microscopy; I. Introduction; II. Sorting of Vacuolar Precursors; III. The Autophagic Pathway; IV. Endocytic Pathways and Vacuole Biogenesis; V. Ontogeny of Vacuoles Specialized in Protein Storage; VI. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2. Molecular Aspects of Vacuole Biogenesis; I. Introduction; II. Targeting of Soluble Proteins to the Vacuole
  • III. Mechanism of Protein Transport to the VacuoleIV. Transport of Membrane Proteins to the Tonoplast; V. Perspectives; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3. The Vacuole: a Cost-Benefit Analysis; I. Introduction; II. Demonstrated and Hypothesized Functions of Vacuoles. and Alternative Means of Performing these Functions; III. Demonstrated and Hypothesized Costs of Producing and Maintaining Vacuoles, and of Costs of Alternative Means of Performing Vacuolar Functions; IV. A Case History: ""Vacuolate"" (Eu)bacteria; V. Another Case History: Vacuoles and Buoyancy
  • VI. Costs and Benefits of Vacuolation: Simple Analyses and the Allocation of Costs Among Various BenefitsVII. Evolutionary Aspects; VIII. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 4. The Vacuole and Cell Senescence; I. Introduction; II. Leaf Senescence; III. Senescence and Autolysis in Various Cell Phenotypes; IV. Programmed Cell Death; V. Retrospect; References; Chapter 5. Protein Bodies: Storage Vacuoles in Seeds; I. Introduction; II. Ontogeny of PSVs; III. The Golgi Apparatus Mediates the Deposition of PSV Constituents in Dicotyledonous Plants
  • IV. Transport of Storage Proteins to Vacuoles in Monocotyledonous PlantsV. Developmental Regulation of the PSV Tonoplast; VI. Enzyme Composition of PSVs; VII. Diversity of Vacuolar Storage Proteins and Enzymes; VIII. Assembly and Processing of Storage Proteins; IX. Expression of Storage Protein Genes in Transgenic Plants; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 6. Compartmentation of Secondary Metabolites and Xenobiotics in Plant Vacuoles; I. Introduction; II. Vacuolar Storage of Secondary Compounds and Xenobiotics; III. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References
  • Chapter 7. Solute Composition of VacuolesI. Introduction; II. Variability of Vacuolar Solute Composition; III. Regulation of Vacuolar Solute Pools; IV. A Model; V. Conclusions; References; Chapter 8. The Vacuole and Carbohydrate Metabolism; I. Introduction; II. Methodological Approaches; III. Sucrose and its Component Hexoses; IV. Fructans; V. Raffinose-series Oligosaccharides; VI. Other Carbohydrates; VII. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 9. Vacuolar Ion Channels of Higher Plants; I. Introduction; II. Cation Channels; III. Anion Channels