Coding and Decoding of Calcium Signals in Plants

✍ Scribed by Anthony J. Trewavas (auth.), Sheng Luan (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 274
• Series: Signaling and Communication in Plants
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Plants cannot move away from their environments. As a result, all plants that have survived to date have evolved sophisticated signaling mechanisms that allow them to perceive, respond, and adapt to constantly changing environmental conditions. Among the many cellular processes that respond to environmental changes, elevation of calcium levels is by far the most universal messenger that matches primary signals to cellular responses. Yet it remains unclear how calcium, a simple cation, translates so many different signals into distinct responses - how is the “specificity” of signal-response coupling encoded within the calcium changes?

This book will attempt to answer this question by describing the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the coding and decoding of calcium signals in plant cells.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Plant Cell Calcium, Past and Future....Pages 1-6
Calcium Signaling and Homeostasis in Nuclei....Pages 7-24
Interactions Between Calcium and ROP Signaling Regulate Pollen Tube Tip Growth....Pages 25-39
Calcium, Mechanical Signaling, and Tip Growth....Pages 41-61
Calcium Signals in the Control of Stomatal Movements....Pages 63-77
Stimulus Perception and Membrane Excitation in Unicellular Alga Chlamydomonas ....Pages 79-91
Cyclic Nucleotide Gated Channels (CNGCs) and the Generation of Ca 2+ Signals....Pages 93-110
Annexins....Pages 111-128
Structure and Function of CDPK: A Sensor Responder of Calcium....Pages 129-146
Elucidation of Calcium-Signaling Components and Networks....Pages 147-175
Decoding of Calcium Signal Through Calmodulin: Calmodulin-Binding Proteins in Plants....Pages 177-233
The CBL–CIPK Network for Decoding Calcium Signals in Plants....Pages 235-258
Back Matter....Pages 259-265

✦ Subjects

Plant Biochemistry; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences