Molecular and Hormonal Basis of Plant-Growth Regulation (eBook)

Ya' Acov Leshem (Autor)

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2016 | 1. Auflage
168 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-4562-4 (ISBN)

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The Molecular and Hormonal Basis of Plant-Growth Regulation deals with the molecular and hormonal basis of plant-growth regulation. Topics covered range from molecular biology in plants to the structural units of DNA, DNA replication and RNA transcription, and the process of translation and protein synthesis. The use of RNA for transmission of genetic information is also discussed. This book is comprised of 16 chapters and begins with an overview of the foundations that form the basis of modern biology, followed by an analysis of DNA and its structural units. The role of enzymes in DNA replication is then examined, together with RNA transcription and protein synthesis. The next section focuses on modern aspects of hormone action and introduces the reader to the growth-regulatory hormones existing in most higher plants; the role of ribosomes in the polymerization of transfer RNA-borne amino acids; the structure and biophysical properties of the mitochondrion and the chloroplast as genetic units; and the use of antibiotics in the inhibition of synthesis of nucleic acids and proteins. This monograph will be a valuable resource for biologists, plant physiologists, teachers, and students who seek to widen their general knowledge about plant growth.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
The Molecular and Hormonal Basis of Plant-Growth Regulation 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 12
INTRODUCTION 13
PART I 14
CHAPTER 1. Molecular Horizons 16
RECOMMENDED READING AND REFERENCES 21
CHAPTER 2. The Structural Units of DNA 22
DNA configuration 27
RECOMMENDED READING AND REFERENCES 29
CHAPTER 3. DNA Replication 30
RECOMMENDED READING AND REFERENCES 33
CHAPTER 4. Ribonucleic Acid and Transcription 35
The transcription factors 37
TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL MECHANISMS 40
A. The operon 40
B. The histone control mechanism 46
RECOMMENDED READING AND REFERENCES 47
CHAPTER 5. The Process of Translation and Protein Synthesis 50
The genetic code 51
RECOMMENDED READING AND REFERENCES 56
CHAPTER 6. Ribosomes and Polymerization of tRNA-borne Amino Acids 57
Initiation 59
Elongation 62
Termination 63
Translational control of protein synthesis 67
Evolution and the genetic apparatus 69
RECOMMENDED READING AND REFERENCES 71
CHAPTER 7. The Mitochondrion and the Chloroplast as Genetic Units 73
1. The mitochondrion 73
2. The chloroplast 75
RECOMMENDED READING AND REFERENCES 77
CHAPTER 8. Antibiotics and Inhibition of Synthesis of Nucleic Acids and 78
INHIBITION OF NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS 78
RECOMMENDED READING AND REFERENCES 85
CHAPTER 9. Lvsogeny and Transduction 87
RECOMMENDED READING AND REFERENCES 91
CHAPTER 10. The Use of RNA for Transmission of Genetic Information 92
RECOMMENDED READING AND REFERENCES 97
CHAPTER 11. Interferon 99
Mode of interferon action 99
RECOMMENDED READING AND REFERENCES 102
PART II 104
CHAPTER 12. Modes of Hormone Action 106
RECOMMENDED READING AND REFERENCES 116
CHAPTER 13. The Mode of Auxin Action 118
RECOMMENDED READING AND REFERENCES 131
CHAPTER 14. The Mode of Cytokinin Action 134
Cytokinins and senescence 138
Cytokinesins 139
RECOMMENDED READING AND REFERENCES 140
CHAPTER 15. Mode of Action of the Gibberellins 142
(a) GA and nucleic acid metabolism 142
(b) GA and membranes 148
(c) GA as an auxin inducer 149
(d) GA and cyclic adenosine monophosphate 150
RECOMMENDED READING AND REFERENCES 152
CHAPTER 16. Mode of Action of Ethylene and Abscisic Acid 154
Ethylene 155
Abscisic acid 156
RECOMMENDED READING AND REFERENCES 159
AUTHOR INDEX 162
SUBJECT INDEX 166

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.8.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-4831-4562-X / 148314562X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4831-4562-4 / 9781483145624