Genes Involved in Plant Defense (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783211823125)

Section I Resistance and Susceptibility Genes of Plants.- The Use of Resistance Genes in Breeding: Epidemiological Considerations.- I. Introduction.- II. Current Techniques for Selecting for Disease Resistance.- III. Strategies for Using Resistant Varieties.- IV. New Approaches.- V. Conclusions.- VI. References.- Functional Models to Explain Gene-for-Gene Relationships in Plant-Pathogen Interactions.- I. Introduction.- II. Physiologic Races and Differentials.- III. Genetic Analysis of Gene-for-Gene Relationships.- IV. Gene-for-Gene Interactions Involving Fungal Pathogenic Bacteria.- V. Gene-for-Gene Interactions Involving Fungal Plant Pathogens.- VI. Conclusion.- VII. References.- Section II Virulence and Avirulence Genes of Pathogens.- An Analysis of Host Range Specificity Genes of Rhizobium as a Model System for Virulence Genes in Phytobacteria.- I. Introduction.- II. Genes Required for Plant-Microbe Interactions.- III. Rhizobium as a Useful Model System.- IV. Discussion.- V. References.- Pathogen A virulence Genes and Elicitors of Plant Defense.- I. Introduction.- II. Host Range Determinants.- III. General Elicitors.- IV. Suppressors.- V. Specific Elicitors.- VI. Do Plants Contain Receptors That Recognize Elicitors and Initiate the HR?.- VII. Signal Transduction and Defense Gene Activation.- VIII. Conclusions.- IX. References.- Pathogenicity Determinants in the Smut Fungi of Cereals.- I. Introduction.- II. General Aspects of the Life Cycle of the Smut Fungi-With Emphasis on U. maydis.- III. The Mating Type Loci of U stilago maydis.- IV. Host-Pathogen Interactions in the Smut Fungi.- V. Conclusion.- VI. References.- Identification of Fungal Genes Involved in Plant Pathogenesis and Host Range.- I. Introduction.- II. Transformation of Phytopathogenic Fungi.- III. Gene Cloning Procedures.- IV. Pathogenicity of U stilago maydis.- V. Fungal Penetration of the Plant Cell.- VI. The PDA Gene, a Gene for Pathogenicity and Host Range.- VII. Some Aspects of Further Development in Plant Pathology.- VIII. References.- Section III Perception of Pathogens and Signal Transduction.- Interactions Between Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Its Host Plant Cells.- I. Introduction.- II. An Overview of Crown Gall Tumorigenesis.- III. A Chronology of Tumorigenesis.- IV. References.- Elicitor Recognition and Signal Transduction.- I. Introduction 183.- II. Elicitors and Plant Responses.- III. Perception of Elicitor Stimulus.- IV. Transduction of Elicitor Signal.- V. Regulation of Plant Responses.- VI. Conclusions.- VII. References.- Section IV Plant Genes Induced in the Defense Reaction.- Pathogenesis-related Proteins.- I. Introduction.- II. The Tobacco-TMV System.- III. Alternative Plant Systems.- IV. Conclusions.- V. References.- The Primary Structure of Plant Pathogenesis-related Glucanohydrolases and Their Genes.- I. Introduction.- II. Multiple Isoforms of -1,3-Glucanase and Chitinase.- III. Primary Structure.- IV. Genes Encoding Chitinase and -1,3-Glucanase.- V. Conclusion.- VI. References.- Characterization and Analysis of Thionin Genes.- I. Introduction.- II. Thionin Types.- III. Biosynthesis and Subcellular Location.- IV. Structure and Chromosomal Location of Thionin Genes.- V. Gene Expression.- VI. Antimicrobial Properties and Other In Vitro Activities of Thionins.- VII. Possible Implication of Thionins in Plant Defense.- VIII. Conclusion and Perspectives.- IX. References.- Regulatory Elements Controlling Developmental and Stress-induced Expression of Phenylpropanoid Genes.- I. Introduction.- II. L-Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase (PAL).- III. 4-Coumarate: CoA Ligase (4CL).- IV. Chalcone Synthase (CHS).- V. Perspectives.- VI. References.- Regulation of Lignification in Defense.- I. Introduction.- II. Lignin: Matrix Polymer of a Structural Barrier Against Pathogen Ingress.- III. Regulation of Enzymes in Lignin Biosynthesis.- IV. Cinnamyl-Alcohol Dehydrogenase-a Committed Enzyme.- V. Possible Roles of Lignin Monomers and Polymers in the Structural B

Author: Thomas Boller
ISBN-10: 3211823123
ISBN-13: 9783211823125
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 05/28/2002
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.78lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.88d