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The Expanding Cell

  • Combines the up-to-date views and brings a multi-facetted snap-shot of the actual state of knowledge
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Plant Cell Monographs (CELLMONO, volume 5)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
  2. Cell Expansion: Past, Present and Perspectives

    • Jean-Pierre Verbelen, Kris Vissenberg
    Pages 1-6
  3. Solute and Water Relations of Growing Plant Cells

    • Wieland Fricke, François Chaumont
    Pages 7-31
  4. Cellulose and Cell Elongation

    • Kian Hématy, Herman Höfte
    Pages 33-56
  5. Hemicelluloses and Cell Expansion

    • Nicolai Obel, Lutz Neumetzler, Markus Pauly
    Pages 57-88
  6. Roles of the XTH Protein Family in the Expanding Cell

    • Kazuhiko Nishitani, Kris Vissenberg
    Pages 89-116
  7. Expansins

    • Simon McQueen-Mason, Ngoc Tuan Le, David Brocklehurst
    Pages 117-138
  8. Pectic Polysaccharides and Expanding Cell Walls

    • Yves Verhertbruggen, J. Paul Knox
    Pages 139-158
  9. Redox and Wall-Restructuring

    • Shona E. Lindsay, Stephen C. Fry
    Pages 159-190
  10. Mechanics of the Expanding Cell Wall

    • Ingo Burgert, Peter Fratzl
    Pages 191-215
  11. The Control of Cell Size and Rate of Elongation in the Arabidopsis Root

    • Tinne De Cnodder, Jean-Pierre Verbelen, Kris Vissenberg
    Pages 249-269
  12. Signal Crosstalk in the Control of Hypocotyl Elongation in Arabidopsis

    • Liesbeth De Grauwe, Filip Vandenbussche, Dominique Van Der Straeten
    Pages 271-293
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 295-297

About this book

After division, plant cells are able to increase their volume enormously by cell expansion, making the expanding cell a crucial player in the production of biomass. The study of plant cell expansion involves many different disciplines and technical approaches, and this book is the first attempt to bring this diversity together to present a multifaceted view of the most up-to-date knowledge. Included are data ranging from biophysical measurements and chemical analysis to molecular biological approaches and microscopy.

About the authors

Jean-Pierre Verbelen studied Botany (M.Sc., 1969) at the University of Gent and obtained his PhD in 1976 at the University of Antwerpen, where he actually is Professor at the Department of Biology. Major research interests are plant development, cell expansion and cytoskeleton involvement.

Kris Vissenberg studied Biology (M.Sc., 1997) and obtained his PhD at the University of Antwerpen in 2001. Actually he is a post-doc at the Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen). Major research interest are cell expansion, cell wall metabolism and general plant development.

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