| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Developmental and cell biology series ; 41
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Developmental and cell biology series ; 41.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-248) and index. |
| Summary |
Meristematic cells in plants (as with stem cells in animals) become the many different types of cells found in a mature plant. This is achieved by a selective response to chemical signals both from neighbouring cells and distant tissues. It is these responses that shape the plant, its time of flowering, the sex of its flowers, its length of survival or progress to senescence and death. How do plants achieve this? This up-to-date treatise addresses this question using well-chosen examples to illustrate the concept of target cells. The authors discuss how each cell has the ability to discriminate between different chemical signals, determining which it will respond to and which it will ignore. The regulation of gene expression through signal perception and signal transduction is at the core of this selectivity and the Target Cell concept. This volume will serve as a valuable reference for all researchers working in the field of plant developmental biology. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Hormones and signals : identification and description of signalling molecules -- 3. Cell-to-cell signalling : short and long distance -- 4. Population diversity of cell types and target identification in higher plants -- 5. Flexibility of cell types and the target cell status -- 6. Terminally committed cell types and the target status -- 7. Mechanisms of target cell perception and response to specific signals -- 8. Hormone action and the relief of repression -- 9. Phenomenon of hormonal cross-talk. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Plant hormones.
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Plant hormones. |
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Plant cellular signal transduction.
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Plant cellular signal transduction. |
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Plants -- Development.
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Plants -- Development. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
McManus, Michael T.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Osborne, Daphne J., 1930- Hormones, signals and target cells in plant development. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521330769 (DLC) 2004019647 (OCoLC)56334072 |
| ISBN |
0511115857 (electronic book) |
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9780511115851 (electronic book) |
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0511122136 (electronic book) |
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9780511122132 (electronic book) |
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051154622X (electronic book) |
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9780511546228 (electronic book) |
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0521330769 |
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9780521330763 |
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1280153075 |
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9781280153075 |
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0521330769 (Cloth) |
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9780521177450 (paperback) |
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0521177456 (paperback) |
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9780521330763 |
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0521330769 |
| Standard No. |
9780521330763 |
| Report No. |
9780511115851 (electronic bk.) |
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