Signals and Signal Transduction Pathways in Plants

Preface; K. Palme. Transmembrane signalling in eukaryotes: a comparison between higher and lower eukaryotes; A.L. Drayer, P.J.M. van Haastert. Signal transduction in the sexual life of Chlamydomonas; L.M. Quarmby. Control of cell proliferation during plant development; P. Ferreira, A. Hemerly, M. van Montagu, D. Inzé. Signal molecules involved in plant embryogenesis; D.L. Schmidt, A.J. de Jong, S.C. de Vries. Initial events in phytochrome signalling: still in the dark; T.D. Elich, J. Chory. Mechanical signalling, calcium and plant form; A. Trewavas. Plasmodesmata: composition, structure and trafficking; B.L. Epel. Genetic analyses of signalling in flower development using Arabidopsis; K. Okada, Y. Shimura. Oligosaccharins: structures and signal transduction; F. Côté, M. G. Hahn. Role of rhizobial lipo-chitin oligosaccharide signal molecules in root nodule organogenesis; H.P. Spaink, B.J.J. Lugtenberg. Fatty acid signalling in plants and their associated microorganisms; E.E. Farmer. The salicylic acid signal in plants; D.F. Klessig, J. Malamy. Plant hormone conjugation; G. Sembdner, R. Atzhorn, G. Schneider. Cytokinin metabolism: implications for regulation of plant growth and development; B. Brzobohatý, I. Moore, K. Palme. Molecular genetics of auxin and cytokinin; L. Hobbie, C. Timpte, M. Estelle. Activation tagging: a means of isolating genes implicated as playing a role in plant growth and development; R. Walden, K. Fritze, H. Hayashi, E. Miklashevichs, H. Harling, J. Schell. Gibberellins: perception, transduction and responses; R. Hooley. Current advances in abscisic acid action and signalling; J. Giraudat, F. Parcy, N. Bertauche, F. Gosti, J. Leung, P.-C. Morris, M. Bouvier-Durand, N. Vartanian.Ethylene biosynthesis and action: a case of conservation; T.I. Zarembinski, A. Theologis. Structure and function of the receptor-like protein kinases of higher plants; J.C. Walker. GTP-binding proteins in plants: new members of an old family; H. Ma. Green circuits: the potential of plant specific ion channels; R. Hedrich, D. Becker. Transporters for nitrogenous compounds in plants; W.B. Frommer, M. Kwart, W.N. Fischer, S. Hummel, O. Ninnemann. Sugar transport across the plasma membranes of higher plants; N. Sauer, K. Baier, M. Gahrtz, R. Stadler, J. Stolz, E. Truernit. Index.