Plant Cell Biology: A Practical Approach
- ISBN-10
- 0199633983
- ISBN-13
- 9780199633982
- Series
- Plant Cell Biology
- Pages
- 329
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Nicholas Harris, K. J. Oparka
Description
Modern plant cell biology involves the integration of structural studies with biochemical and molecular analyses, allowing a detailed characterization of the fundamentals underlying such complex phenomena as growth and differentiation, and the ways in which plant cells respond to a diversityof external and internal stimuli. This book discusses both established techniques used in the field and also some of the new advances which are likely to have a major impact in the future. It begins with detailed methods and protocols for viewing, staining, and localizing cell components by avariety of microscopical methods. Subsequent chapters cover approaches to topics such as localizing specific nucleic acid sequences and proteins, protoplast research, wall analysis, study of the plant cytoskeleton, isolation and use of intact chloroplasts and thylakoids, and finally the measurementof ions and solutes within plant cells. Plant Cell Biology: A Practical Approach provides both newcomers and experienced researchers with a comprehensive practical guide to this subject. Together these methods will permit a better understanding of the relationship between plant cell structure andfunction.
