Plant Vacuoles Their Importance in Solute Compartmentation in Cells and Their Applications in Plant Biotechnology

The papers in this book, illustating the present status of knowledge related to the vacuolar compartment of fungi and plants, were presented at an Advanced Research Workshop entitled "Plant Vacuoles. Their Importance in Plant Cell Compartmentation and their Applications in Biotechnology" h...

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Other Authors: Marin, B. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1987, 1987
Edition:1st ed. 1987
Series:NATO Science Series A:, Life Sciences
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Overview of Recent Developments
  • Vacuoles Today and Twenty Years Ago
  • Problems o Methodology in Study of Plant Vacuoles and Tonoplast Vesicles
  • Some Basic Characteristics of Plant Vacuoles in Relation with the Different Events During the Plant Life
  • The Tonoplast State of Knowledge Difficulties and Strategies of Its Study
  • Tonoplast Energization Relative Contribution of Different Proton Pumps to the Generation of Proton-Motive Force under the Conditions of Plant Life
  • Different Types of Solute Transport across the Tonoplast
  • Accumulation and Sequestration of Vacuolar Solutes
  • Plant Cell Metabolism and Vacuolar Compartmentation
  • The Participation of Vacuoles in Transduction of Signals Regulating the Cytoplasmic Metabolism
  • Production of Biochemicals (Secondary Metabolites and Enzymes Sequesterated in Vacuoles) by Plant Cell Cultures
  • Participants