Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 15, Membrane Transport in Plants
Annual Plant Reviews (Band Nr. 15)
Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 15
This volume addresses some of the most important and
hotly-pursued topics in the field of plant membrane
transport.
The first two chapters consider membrane transport analysis,
emphasizing concepts, techniques and tools for electrophysiology.
Chapters 3-8 divide along boundaries of pumps, coupled transporters
and channels; the addition of a chapter on water channels
highlights this rapidly expanding and, until recently, highly
controversial topic. Chapters 9 and 10 deal with issues of Ca2+ and
H+ signalling, and of membrane traffic that increasingly attracts
the attention of researchers in plant development. Finally,
chapters 11 and 12 take a post-genomic look at the problems of
understanding the integration of transport mechanisms and its
relevance to inorganic nutrition and phytoremediation. An
overriding theme throughout is the extent to which the research on
membrane transport now informs the fields of plant cell biology and
physiology, and is itself enriched in return.
This is a volume for researchers and professionals in plant
biochemistry, physiology and molecular biology.
Michael R. Blatt, Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics,
University of Glasgow, UK.
2. Electrophysiology equipment and software.
Adrian Hills and Vadim Volkov, Laboratory of Plant Physiology
and Biophysics, University of Glasgow, UK.
3. Structure, function and regulation of primary H+ and Ca2+
pumps.
Rosa L. López-Marqués, Morten Schiøtt, Mia Kyed
Jakobsen and Michael G. Palmgren, Department of Plant Biology, The
Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg,
Denmark.
4. Ion-coupled transport of inorganic solutes.
Malcolm J. Hawkesford and Anthony J. Miller, Crop Performance
and Improvement Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK.
5. Functional analysis of proton-coupled sucrose
transport.
Daniel R. Bush, USDA-ARS and Plant Biology, University of
Illinois, Urbana, USA.
6. Voltage-gated ion channels.
Ingo Dreyer, Bernd Müller-Röber and Barbara
Köhler, Universität Potsdam, Institut für Biochemie
und Biologie, Golm, Germany.
7. Ligand-gated ion channels.
Frans Maathius, Biology Department, University of York, UK.
8. Aquaporins in plants.
Clare Vander Willigen, Lionel Verdoucq, Yann Boursiac and
Christophe Maurel, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology,
University of Cape Town, South Africa.
9. Ca2+ and pH as integrating signals in transport
control.
Tatiana N. Bibikova, Sarah M. Assmann and Simon Gilroy, Biology
Department, Penn. State University, Pennsylvania, USA.
10. Vesicle traffic and plasma membrane transport.
Annette C Hurst, Gerhard Thiel and Ulrike Homann, Botanisches
Institut, TU-Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
11. Potassium nutrition and salt stress.
Anna Amtmann, Patrick Armengaud and Vadim Volkov, Laboratory of
Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Glasgow, UK.
12. Membrane transport and soil bioremediation.
Susan Rosser and Peter Dominy, Plant Sciences, IBLS, University
of Glasgow, UK.
References .
Index