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Auxin and Its Role in Plant Development

  • Describes molecular-biological and biochemical background of auxin metabolism and its mechanism of action
  • Comprehensively divided into three parts: a general part about auxin definition and function and two specific parts treating the role of auxin in development and its interaction with the environment
  • Represents a complete state-of-the-art work on auxin research
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Auxin: Definition; Metabolism, Transport and Signalling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Auxin Question: A Philosophical Overview

      • Tom Bennett, Ottoline Leyser
      Pages 3-19
    3. Auxin Biosynthesis and Catabolism

      • Yangbin Gao, Yunde Zhao
      Pages 21-38
    4. Identification and Profiling of Auxin and Auxin Metabolites

      • Ondřej Novák, Aleš Pěnčík, Karin Ljung
      Pages 39-60
    5. Intracellular Auxin Transport

      • David Scheuring, Jürgen Kleine-Vehn
      Pages 61-73
    6. Intercellular Transport of Auxin

      • Jesica Reemmer, Angus Murphy
      Pages 75-100
    7. Auxin Receptors and Perception

      • Richard M. Napier
      Pages 101-116
  3. Auxin and Plant Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
    2. The Interplay Between Auxin and the Cell Cycle During Plant Development

      • Marlies J. F. Demeulenaere, Tom Beeckman
      Pages 119-141
    3. Auxin on the Road Navigated by Cellular PIN Polarity

      • Pawel Baster, Jiří Friml
      Pages 143-170
    4. Auxin Regulation of Embryo Development

      • Alejandra Freire Rios, Saiko Yoshida, Dolf Weijers
      Pages 171-189
    5. Auxin, Chief Architect of the Shoot Apex

      • Benoît Landrein, Teva Vernoux
      Pages 191-212
    6. The Role of Auxin for Reproductive Organ Patterning and Development

      • Thomas Dresselhaus, Kay Schneitz
      Pages 213-243
    7. Auxin and Its Henchmen: Hormonal Cross Talk in Root Growth and Development

      • Antia Rodriguez-Villalon, Christian S. Hardtke
      Pages 245-264
    8. Evolutionary Aspects of Auxin Signalling

      • Priya Ramakrishna, Ive De Smet
      Pages 265-290
    9. Auxin and Self-Organisation

      • Peter Nick
      Pages 291-313
    10. Computational Models of Auxin-Driven Development

      • Adam Runions, Richard S. Smith, Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz
      Pages 315-357
  4. Auxin versus Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 359-359
    2. Auxin and Tropisms

      • Katarzyna Retzer, Barbara Korbei, Christian Luschnig
      Pages 361-387

About this book

Auxin is an important signaling compound in plants and vital for plant development and growth. The present book, Auxin and its Role in Plant Development, provides the reader with detailed and comprehensive insight into the functioning of the molecule on the whole and specifically in plant development. In the first part, the functioning, metabolism and signaling pathways of auxin in plants are explained, the second part depicts the specific role of auxin in plant development and the third part describes the interaction and functioning of the signaling compound upon stimuli of the environment. Each chapter is written by international experts in the respective field and designed for scientists and researchers in plant biology, plant development and cell biology to summarize the recent progress in understanding the role of auxin and suggest future perspectives for auxin research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratory of Hormonal Regulations in Plants, Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, Prague 6, Czech Republic

    Eva Zažímalová, Jan Petrášek

  • Hormonal Cross-talk Group, Institute of Science and Technology (IST), Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria

    Eva Benková

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Auxin and Its Role in Plant Development

  • Editors: Eva Zažímalová, Jan Petrášek, Eva Benková

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1526-8

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Wien 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-1525-1Published: 09 July 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-1969-3Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-1526-8Published: 26 June 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 444

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, general, Cell Biology

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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