The Plant Vacuole, Volume 25 (Advances in Botanical Research) [Paperback]

J. A. Callow (Editor), Roger A. Leigh (Editor), Dale Sanders (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 6, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0124418708 | ISBN-13: 978-0124418707

The plant vacuole is a unique organelle that allows plant cells to grow to large sizes. This book provides an overview of the current state of knowledge of the plant vacuole, including its many functions in the cell. The book includes the benefits of having a vacuole, the types of solutes that are found in vacuoles, and how their concentrations are regulated. Chapters focus on vacuole transport systems, vacuole formation and the role of the vacuole in plant senescence and plant defense. This volume, with contributions from experts in the field, will be useful to plant researchers from a variety of fields.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Perhaps the example that best illustrates the transition between previous concepts of the vacuole, and emerging concepts of functionally distinct vacuole organelles, is provided by the chapters on tonoplast intrinsic proteins (TIPs). The studies of these proteins was of fundamental importance for subsequent studies of vacuole functions. The authors of the chapter performed a number of excellent studies demonstrating that TIPs could functions as aquaporins."
--John C. Rogers in TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE (March 1999)

Product Details

• Paperback: 463 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press (November 6, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0124418708
• ISBN-13: 978-0124418707
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,084,816 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)