|  | Knight, Celia / Perroud, Pierre-François / Cove, David (eds.)
Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 36, The Moss Physcomitrella patens
Annual Plant Reviews (Volume 36)
 1. Edition May 2009
195.- Euro
2009. 368 Pages, Hardcover
ISBN 978-1-4051-8189-1 - John Wiley & Sons
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The Moss Physcomitrella patens has rapidly become an experimental model of choice for many aspects of molecular, cell and developmental biology in plant sciences. With a recently sequenced genome, which has further fuelled interest and research, Physcomitrella is accruing various new labels, from 'a green yeast' to the Drosophila, Caenorhabditis or Zebra fish of plant sciences.
A truly international collaboration, this timely volume brings together a selection of chapters each composed by experts in their field. The chapters included cover a broad range:
* From those using P. patens as a marker against other species for evolutionary or ecological studies
* To those investigating the unique features of P. patens, e.g. gene targeting
* To those using moss, either as a comparator for other organisms or because of the ease of study in moss, to investigate standard biological processes
This landmark publication is essential reading for anyone studying plant evolutionary biology, genomics, molecular and cell biology and genetics. Libraries in all universities and research establishments, where biological and agricultural sciences are studied and taught, should have copies of this important book on their shelves.
From the contents
1. Putting Physcomitrella patens on the Tree of Life: the evolution and ecology of mosses
2. The genetic basis of natural variation in bryophyte model systems
3. Comparative Genomics
4. Gene targeting
5. The small RNAs of Physcomitrella patens: expression, function, and evolution
6. Tip growth in the moss Physcomitrella patens
7. Gametangia development in the moss Physcomitrella patens
8. Chloroplasts
9. Carbon and energy metabolism
10. Hormonal regulation of development by auxin and cytokinin in moss
11. The role of abscisic acid in stress tolerance
12. Pathogenesis in mosses
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