The Plant Cytoskeleton: a Key Tool for Agro-Biotechnology / edited by Yaroslav B. Blume, W. Vance Baird, Alla I. Yemets, Diego Breviario.

Springer eBooks

Cytoskeleton Fundamentals -- Plant Gamma-Tusc-Like Components: Their Role In Microtubule Nucleation -- Gamma-Tubulins And Their Functions In Plant Cells -- Coiled-Coil- And Intermediate Filament-Proteins In The Plant Nucleoskeleton -- Cytoskeleton And Development -- Microtubules And The Control Of Cell Elongation In Arabidopsis Roots -- Regulation Of Root Hair Tip Growth: Can Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases Be Taken Into Account? -- Cytoskeletal Changes During Spermatogenesis In Chara Antheridia -- Cytoskeleton And Signalling -- Plant Tubulin Phosphorylation And Its Role In Cell Cycle Progression -- Plant Myosins: Do They Have Roles In Gravi- And Mechanosensing? -- The Role Of The Cytoskeleton In Plant Cell Gravisensitivity -- Genomics Of The Cytoskeleton -- The Importance Of Being An Intron, By Wild....Type Tubulin Genes -- The Transcriptome Of The Tubulin Gene Family In Plants -- Array Technology For Studying Maize Tubulin -- Cytoskeleton Proteomics -- The Microtubule Proteome: A Role in Regulating Protein Synthesis and Import Into Organelles? -- Qualitative And Quantitative Analyses Of ß-Tubulin Cva (C-Terminal Variable Acidic Amino Acid Region) By Maldi-Tof Mass-Spectrometry -- Structural Biology And Bioinformatics For Cytoskeleton Research -- Tubulin Isotypes And Their Role In Microtubule Dynamic Instability, Implications For Modeling And Rational Design Of Inhibitors -- Dinitroaniline Interactions with Tubulin: Genetic and Computational Approaches to Define the Mechanisms of Action and Resistance -- Domain Complexity Of Plant Kinesins -- Bioinformatic Search For Plant Homologues Of Animal Structural Maps In The Arabidopsis Thaliana Genome -- Structural Biology And Bioinformatics For Cytoskeleton Research -- Spatial Distribution Of Tubulin Mutations Conferring Resistance To Antimicrotubular Compounds -- Antimitotic Drugs For Microprotoplast-Mediated Chromosome Transfer In Plant Genomics, Cell Engineering And Breeding -- Modified Tubulin Genes as Selectable Markers for Plant Transformation.

The cytoskeleton is a key intracellular structure governing relevant processes such as cell division, growth, molecule trafficking, response to internal and external signals, and others. The ambitious aim of this monograph is to deal with the cytoskeleton as the ‘server’ for these numerous and multi-tasked nodes. The monograph’s content focuses on problems relevant to understanding the structural and functional organisation of the plant cytoskeleton at the single cell and whole plant levels, including the possibility of directly utilizing these functions for practical purposes in agriculture, food safety and health. As a result of advances in plant genomics, cell and molecular biology, special chapters represent new information about genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics of the plant cytoskeleton. In addition to presenting achievements attained in basic research of the plant cytoskeleton, a comprehensive review of applications in biotechnology and agriculture is presented. Special attention is devoted to current achievements in plant biotechnology through manipulating the cytoskeleton structure and functions, and prospects for the development in different professional venues, including industrial/agricultural implementation.

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