Photomorphogenesis in Plants and Bacteria
Function and Signal Transduction Mechanisms
3rd Edition
Published on 24. January 2006
Book
Hardback
XLIX, 662 pages
978-1-4020-3809-9 (ISBN)
Description
Plants as sessile organisms have evolved fascinating capacities to adapt to changes in their natural environment. Arguably, light is by far the most important and variable environmental factor. The quality, quantity, direction and duration of light is monitored by a series of photoreceptors covering spectral information from UVB to near infrared. The response of the plants to light is called photomorphogenesis and it is regulated by the concerted action of photoreceptors. The combined techniques of action spectroscopy and biochemistry allowed one of the important photoreceptors - phytochrome - to be identified in the middle of the last century. An enormous number of physiological studies published in the last century describe the properties of phytochrome and its function and also the physiology of blue and UV-B photoreceptors, unidentified at the time. This knowledge was summarized in the advanced textbook "Photomorphogenesis in Plants" (Kendrick and Kronenberg, eds., 1986, 1994). With the advent of molecular biology, genetics and new molecular, cellular techniques, our knowledge in the field of photomorphogenesis has dramatically increased over the last 15 years.
Reviews / Votes
From the reviews:
"The book is of the highest scientific standard and can be recommended to all researchers in plant photobiology as well as to graduate and postgraduate students."
(Biologia Plantarum 36:4, 1994)
"The editors present a book that has long been awaited. . This book on 'Photomorphogenesis in Plants and Bacteria' is highly recommended . . It collects contribution from outstanding scientists in this research field. . The overall presentation of the book is acceptable and most of the figures are reproduced with sufficient quality." (Wolfgang Gärtner, Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol. 165 (3), 2008)
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Edition
Third Edition 2006
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
XLIX, 662 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 48 mm
Weight
1358 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4020-3809-9 (9781402038099)
DOI
10.1007/1-4020-3811-9
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Eberhard Schäfer | Ferenc Nagy
Photomorphogenesis in Plants and Bacteria
Function and Signal Transduction Mechanisms
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06/2006
3rd Edition
Springer
€213.99
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Photomorphogenesis in Plants and Bacteria
Function and Signal Transduction Mechanisms
Book
01/2006
3rd Edition
Springer
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Previous edition
R.E. Kendrick | G.H.M. Kronenberg
Photomorphogenesis in Plants
Book
01/1994
2nd Edition
Kluwer Academic Publishers
€446.91
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Content
OVERVIEW OF PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS.- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.- PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS.- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS IN PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS.- GENETIC BASIS AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION FOR PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS.- THE PHYTOCHROME.- THE PHYTOCHROME CHROMOPHORE.- STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND EVOLUTION OF MICROBIAL PHYTOCHROMES.- PHYTOCHROME GENES IN HIGHER PLANTS: STRUCTURE,EXPRESSION, AND EVOLUTION.- PHYTOCHROME DEGRADATION AND DARK REVERSION.- INTRACELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF PHYTOCHROMES.- BLUE-LIGHT AND UV-RECEPTORS.- BLUE/UV-A RECEPTORS: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.- CRYPTOCHROMES.- PHOTOTROPINS.- BLUE LIGHT PHOTORECEPTORS -BEYOND PHOTOTROPINS AND CRYPTOCHROMES.- UV-B PERCEPTION AND SIGNALLING IN HIGHER PLANTS.- SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN BLUE LIGHT-MEDIATED RESPONSES.- SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS.- GENERAL INTRODUCTION.- PHYTOCHROME SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION NETWORK.- THE FUNCTION OF THE COP/DET/FUS PROTEINS IN CONTROLLING PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS: A ROLE FOR REGULATED PROTEOLYSIS.- BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF SIGNALLING COMPONENTS.- THE PHOTORECEPTOR INTERACTION NETWORK.- INTERACTION OF LIGHT AND HORMONE SIGNALLING TO MEDIATE PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS.- SELECTED TOPICS.- THE ROLES OF PHYTOCHROMES IN ADULT PLANTS.- A ROLE FOR CHLOROPHYLL PRECURSORS IN PLASTID-TO-NUCLEUS SIGNALING.- PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS OF FERNS.- PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS OF MOSSES.- CIRCADIAN REGULATION OF PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS.- THE MOLECULAR GENETICS OF PHOTO PERIODIC RESPONSES:COMPARISONS BETWEEN LONG-DAY AND SHORT-DAY SPECIES.- COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS RESEARCH.- PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS - WHERE NOW?.