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A review of our current understanding of plant intercellular communication which takes account of recent advances in molecular biology. The volume considers the various means of intercellular communication and then focuses on specific experimental systems that have been the subject of recent research.
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1. Auxin as an intercellular signal Jiri Friml and Justyna Wisniewska, Department of Developmental Genetics, University of Tubingen, Germany 2. Peptides as signals Yiji Xia, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St Louis, Missouri, USA 3. RNA as a signalling molecule Patrice Dunoyer and Olivier Voinnet, Institut de Biologie Moleculaire des Plantes, CNRS, Strasbourg, France 4. The plant extracellular matrix and signalling Andrew Fleming, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK 5. Plasmodesmata - gateways for intercellular communication in plants Trudie Gillespie and Karl Oparka, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, UK 6. Lessons from the vegetative shoot apex John Golz, School of Biological Sciences, University of Victoria, Australia 7. Intercellular communication during floral initiation and development George Coupland, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding, Cologne, Germany 8. Lessons from the root apex Martin Bonke, Sari Tahtiharju and Yka Helariutta, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Finland 9. Lessons from leaf epidermal patterning in plants Bhylahalli Purushottam and Martin Hulskamp, Botanical Institute, University of Cologne, Germany 10. Lessons on signalling in plant self-incompatibility systems Andrew G. McCubbin, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullmann, USA References Index
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