Plants are composed of 17 essential and at least 5 beneficial elements, and these must be taken up as metal or nutrient ions to allow for growth and cell division. Much effort has been devoted to studying the physiology and biochemistry of metals and nutrients in plants. The aspect of cell biology, however, is an emerging new field and much needs to be learned about sensing, long-distance communication within plants, and cellular signal transduction chains in response to environmental stress. Cellular malfunction and consequently disease result when any of the key steps in metal and nutrient homeostasis are disrupted. Working together, leading experts in their respective fields provide a new concept that reaches beyond plant nutrition and plasmalemma transport into cellular physiology. Each chapter contains basic information on uptake, physiological function, deficiency and toxicity syndromes, long-distance and intracellular transport. The discussion is devoted to metals and nutrients where recent progress has been made and highlights the aspects of homeostasis and sensing, signaling and regulation, drawing parallels to other organisms including humans. Finally, the book identifies gaps in our current knowledge and lays out future research directions.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
ISBN-13
9783642106125
eBay Product ID (ePID)
105236652
Product Key Features
Author
Ralf-Rainer Mendel, Rudiger Hell
Publication Name
Cell Biology of Metals and Nutrients
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Chemistry, Biology
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
306 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
17
Item Weight
705g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Plant Cell Monographs
Editor
Rudiger Hell, Ralf-Rainer Mendel
Country/Region of Manufacture
Germany
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