Overview
- Basic information and methodology for studying a leading model plant
- First comprehensive and useful collection of in vivo and in vitro protocols for working with this model legume
- Authors are key figures in legume research
- Some of the described methods have been optimised specifically for this plant, but others may be also suitable for other plant species
- Also addresses a broad audience with interest in plant molecular biology
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Table of contents (36 chapters)
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Transformation and Reverse Genetic Analysis
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Lotus Japonicus Literature
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Back Matter
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About this book
Legumes are very important plants playing a central role in biological research. They are a key component of sustainable agricultural systems because of symbiotic nitrogen fixation and other beneficial symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi. Studies on most of the major leguminous crops are hampered by large genome sizes and other disadvantages which have hindered the isolation and characterisation of genes with important roles in legume biology and agriculture. For this reason Lotus japonicus was chosen as a model species for legume research some ten years ago. Since then, many groups around the world have adopted Lotus as a model and have developed numerous resources and protocols to facilitate basic and applied research on this species. This handbook represents the first effort to compile basic descriptions and methods for research in Lotus, including symbiotic processes, cell and molecular biology protocols, functional genomics, mutants, gene tagging and genetic analysis, transformation and reverse genetic analysis, primary and secondary metabolism, and an exhaustive update of the scientific literature available on this plant.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Lotus japonicus Handbook
Editors: Antonio J. Márquez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3735-X
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3734-4Published: 26 October 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6945-0Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3735-1Published: 27 January 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 384
Topics: Plant Sciences, Plant Genetics and Genomics, Microbiology, Plant Biochemistry, Agriculture, Plant Physiology