The Pollen Tube: A Cellular and Molecular Perspective (Plant Cell Monographs, 3) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540311211 ISBN 13: 9783540311218

Publisher: Springer, 2006

Synopsis

The enormous amount of data now available about the pollen tube clearly reflects its qualities as a biological model that go much beyond that of a carrier of sperm cells essential for plant reproduction. The diversity of techniques and methodologies currently used to study pollen and pollen tube growth is reflected in this book written by biochemists, cell biologists, molecular biologists and geneticists. Their different perspectives demonstrate that pollen tubes are excellent models for plant cell research, particularly suitable for investigations on cell tip growth and polarization, signal transduction, channel and ion flux activity, gene expression, cytoskeleton and wall structure, membrane dynamics and even cell–cell communication.

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About the Author

Rui Malhó is an associate professor in the Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon. He holds a Ph.D. in cell biology, with a major interest in signal transduction mechanisms and imaging of cell dynamics―in particular, the study of pollen tube growth and its signalling pathways. Dr. Malhó did post-doctoral work at the University of Edinburgh with A.J. Trewavas and has published 40 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and 8 book chapters.

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The enormous amount of data now available about the pollen tube clearly reflects its qualities as a biological model that go much beyond that of a carrier of sperm cells essential for plant reproduction. The diversity of techniques and methodologies currently used to study pollen and pollen tube growth is reflected in this book written by biochemists, cell biologists, molecular biologists and geneticists. Their different perspectives demonstrate that pollen tubes are excellent models for plant cell research, particularly suitable for investigations on cell tip growth and polarization, signal transduction, channel and ion flux activity, gene expression, cytoskeleton and wall structure, membrane dynamics and even cell–cell communication.

Reviews

花粉管について現在多くのデータが蓄積されている背景には、花粉管が植物の生殖に欠かせない精子細胞を届けるという役割を超え、生物学的モデルとして優良であるという事実がある.本書は生化学・細胞生物学・分子生物学・遺伝学の専門家が執筆しており、花粉や花粉管伸長の研究に現在用いられている多彩な技術や手法が盛り込まれている.
そして各分野の様々な観点から、花粉管が植物細胞の研究―とくに細胞先端の成長と分極、情報伝達、チャネルとイオン流出、遺伝子発現、細胞骨格および壁構造、膜ダイナミクス、細胞間連絡など―に適したモデルであることが示されている.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540311211
• ISBN 13: 9783540311218
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 305
• Editor: Malhó Rui