Inducible Plant Proteins. Their Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 1992. (Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Ser., 49). 53 line diagr. 39 half-tones.10 tabs. XIII,309 p.gr8vo.Hardcover.

Plants are able to respond and adapt to changing environmental andendogenous signals by the introduction of the synthesis of specificproteins which act to modify cellular metabolism. Environmental signalsare diverse and include, for instance, nutrient availability,temperature, light, anaerobiosis, and pathogen attack mongst others,whilst endogenous signals include changes in the level of plant growthregulators. In this text, leading researchers discuss the role thatinducible proteins play in cellular metabolism, and the approaches beingused to delineate the underlying molecular events which lead to theirsynthesis. The use of both classical methods, such as proteinpurification and characterisation, as well as molecular methods, such asthe use of antisense DNA to down-regulate the synthesis of specifictarget enzymes, are considered as approaches to investigate the roleparticular enzymes play in cellular metabolism. Other chapters discussmolecular approaches to the studyy of gene expression, the identification and characterisation of trans-acting transcriptionfactors and attempts to dissect other parts of the signal transductionpathway by the search for pathway mutants.