1. Edition - October 2009
89.- Euro
2009. XVIII, 210 Pages, Hardcover
33 Fig. (8 Colored Fig.)
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-32519-0
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-32519-1 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






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Short description
Written by a global team of researchers, this is one of the first titles to provide a comprehensive overview of the physiological role of this ubiquitous signaling molecule in higher plants, making it an indispensable resource for academia and the agrochemical industry.

From the contents
Nitric Oxide: Chemistry, Biosynthesis and Physiological Role
(Hayat, Hasan, Mori, Fariduddin and Ahmad)

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) as a Tool to Study Nitric Oxide Generation in Plants (Puntarulo, Jasid, Boveris and Simontacchi)

Calcium, NO, and cGMP Signaling in Plant Cell Polarity (Prado, Feijó and Porterfield)

Nitric Oxide and Abiotic Stress in Higher Plants (Corpas, Palma, Leterrier, del Río and Barroso)

Polyamines and Cytokinin: Is Nitric Oxide Biosynthesis the Key to Overlapping Functions? (Wimalasekera and Scherer)

Role of Nitric Oxide in Programmed Cell Death (Zottini, Costa, De Michele and Lo Schiavo)

Nitrate Reductase-Deficient Plants: A Model to Study Nitric Oxide Production and Signaling in Plant Defense Response to Pathogen Attack (Salgado, Caixeta de Oliveira and Braga)

Effective Plant Protection Weapons Against Pathogens Require ?NO bullets? (Modolo)

The Role of Nitric Oxide as a Bioactive Signalling Molecule in Plants under Abiotic Stress (Hao and Zhang)

Interplay Between Nitric Oxide and Other Signals Involved in Plant Resistance to Pathogens (Floryszak-Wieczorek and Arasimowicz-Jelonek)

Nitric Oxide Signaling by Plant-Associated Bacteria (Cohen, Lamattina and Yamasaki)

Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS)-Like Protein in Pea (Pisum sativum L.)
(Wong, Huang, Davis, Sukno and Tan)

Post-Translational Modifications of Proteins by Nitric Oxide: a New Tool of Metabolome Regulation (Abat and Deswal)