Arabidopsis

Mary Anderson
Director, Arabidopsis Stock Centre, Univeristy of Nottingham, England

Jeremy Roberts
Reader in Plant Biology, University of Nottingham, England

List Price: $149.95 Our Price: $134.95

Cat. #: SH9732 ISBN: 0849397324 Publication Date: 7/9/1998 Number of Pages: 421 Availability: In Stock

Discover the latest experimental approaches in plant science research!

This volume focuses on Arabidopsis, one of the most important model systems currently available for gaining a fundamental understanding of gene organization, regulation, and development in flowering plants at the molecular level. Offering a comprehsive review of the subject, this book is written by some of the most outstanding contributors to this major area of plant science.

The first two chapters examine global elements of the Arabidopsis genome project, the construction of the physical map, sequencing the genome, and strategies for structure function analysis. The tools and resources available to the community are described and the ways of accessing these electronically are detailed. The remaining chapters focus on insights that are being gained from current analyses of plant development using mutational approaches.

Arabidopsis summarizes the most current developments in this area of plant science for researchers and postgraduates in plant physiology, development, biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics.

Features

• Stages in the life cycle of Arabidopsis are described,
  including embryogenesis, vegetative development,
  flowering, reproduction, and cell death
• Control of metabolism, secretion, and biological rhythms is
  examined
• Ways in which development is regulated by such stimuli as plant
  hormones and light is discussed
• The extent to which the experimental approaches now available in
  Arabidopsis might be used to address central,
  unanswered questions relating to species of particular
  agricultural or horticultural significance
  is thoroughly evaluated

Audience

• Plant physiologists
• Biochemists
• Molecular biologists
• Genetic scientists

Contents

• Genome Organisation and Mapping, R. Schimdt
• Genome Sequencing and Gene Function Analyses, W. Stiekema and A. Pereira
• Patterns of Vegetative Development, R. Martienssen and L. Dolan
• Hormone Development, M. Bennett, J. Giraudat, J. Kieber,
  and P. Morris
• Sexual Reproduction from Sexual Differentiation to Fertilisation,
  A. Cheung and Hen-ming Wu
• Embryogenesis, R.A. Torres Ruiz
• Flowering, F. Parcy, I. Lee, and D. Weigel
• Light Regulation and Biological Clocks, G.C. Whitelam
• Biochemical Genetic Analysis of Metabolic Pathways, C. Cobbett
• The Secretory System and Machinery for Protein Targeting, S. Gal
• Programmed Cell Death, G.S. Johal and J. Gray
• References
• Index

April 1998, c. 352 pp., 6x9, ISBN: 0-8493-9732-4