Advances in botanical research Volume 49 /

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Imprint:San Diego : Academic Press, 2009.
Description:1 online resource (xx, 203 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11894922
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Other authors / contributors:Kader, Jean-Claude.
Delseny, Michel.
ISBN:9780123747358
012374735X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Postgraduates and researchers in plant sciences, including botany, plant biochemistry, plant physiology, plant pathology, virology, entomology, and molecular biology * Multidisciplinary reviews written from a broad range of scientific perspectives * For over 30 years, series has enjoyed a reputation for excellence * Contributors internationally recognized authorities in their respective fields.
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors to Volume 49
  • Contents of Volumes 35-48
  • Phototropism and Gravitropism in Plants
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Phototropism
  • III. Gravitropism
  • IV. Interaction Between Phototropism and Gravitropism
  • V. Conclusions and Future Prospects
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Cold Signalling and Cold Acclimation in Plants
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Physiology of Cold Stress
  • III. The CBF Pathway is Essential in Triggering Response to Cold Exposure
  • IV. Transduction of Cold Signal
  • V. Summary and Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Genome Evolution in Plant Pathogenic and Symbiotic Fungi
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Evolution of Genome Size, Content and Organization
  • III. Chromsomal Rearrangements
  • IV. Gene Clusters
  • V. Suppression of Recombination around MAT Loci
  • VI. Evolution of Gene Families
  • VII. Rapidly Evoling Genes and Genes Evolving Under Positive Selection
  • VIII. Horizontal Gene Transfer
  • IX. Mixing Different Genomes: Hybridization
  • X. Transposable Elements
  • XI. Telomeres
  • XII. Introns
  • XIII. Mitochondrial Genomes
  • XIV. Comparison with the Genomics of Pathogenic Bacteria
  • XV. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index