BOOKS RECEIVED

2007·1.5 MB·English

BOOKS
RECEIVED
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING: ANNUAL PLANT REVIEWS
Annual Volume
Jeremy Roberts and Zinnia Gonzalez- Carranza 2007. Plant Reviews, 25: Plant Cell
(eds.).
and
Separation Adhesion. (ISBN-13 978-14051-3892-5, hbk.). Blackwell Publishing. 2121 State
0X4
Ave., Ames, lA 50014-8300, U.S.A. and 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, 2DQ, UK. (Orders: www.
blackwellprofessional.com, [email protected], 515-292-0140, 515-292-3348
fax,
1-800-862-6657). $199.99, 232 6" x 9".
pp.,
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Contents. 1) Cell separation and adhesion processes in plants; 2) Cell wall structure, biosynthesis and assembly; 3) Vascular cell dif-
ferentiation; 4) Cell adhesion, separation and guidance in compatible plant reproduction; 5) Cell separation in roots; 6) Organ abscission;
7) Dehiscence; 8) Fruit ripening; 9) the role of polymer cross-linking in intercellular adhesion. References, Index.
Annual Volume
Klaus D. Grasser (ed). 2006. Plant Reviews, 29: Regulation of Transcription in Plants.
2121 Ames, 50014-
(ISBN-13 978-14051-4528-2, hbk.). Blackwell Publishing, State Ave., lA
0X4
2DQ,
8300, U.S.A. and 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, UK, (Orders: www.blackwell-
professional.com, [email protected], 515-292-0140, 515-292-3348
fax,
1-800-862-6657). $199.99, 350 6" x 9".
pp.,
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Contents. 1) General transcription factors and the core promoter: ancient roots; 2) Transcription factors o[ Arahidopsis and rice: a
HMGA HMGB
genomic perspective; 3) Chromatin-associated architectural and proteins assist transcription factor function; 4) Histone
modifications and transcription in plants; 3) Chromatin remodeling and histone variants in transcriptional regulation and in maintaining
DNA
methylation; 6) Matrix attachment regions and transcriptional gene silencing; 7) Polymerase transcription; 8) Transcription of
1
MADS-domain
plastid genes; 9) Control of flowering time; 10) Combinatorial control of floral organ identity by transcription factors;
11) Networks of transcriptional regulation underlying plant defense responses toward phytopathogens; 12) Temperature-regulated
m
gene expression; 13) Application of inducible transcription plant research and biotechnology; 14) Modulation of transcriptional
networks in crop plants.
Annual Volume and
Garry Wiiitelam and Karen Halliday 2007. Plant Reviews, 30: Light
G.
(eds.).
J.
Plant Development. (ISBN-13 978-14051-4538-1, hbk.). Blackwell Publishing. 2121 State Ave.,
0X4
Ames, lA 50014-8300, U.S.A. and 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, 2DQ, UK. (Orders: www.
blackwellprofessional.com, [email protected], 515-292-0140, 515-292-3348
fax,
1-800-862-6657). $199.99, 325 6" x 9".
pp.,
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Contents. 1) Phytochromes; 2) Cryptochromes; 3) Phototropins and other LOV-containing proteins; 4) Phytochrome -interacting fac-
tors; 5) Phosphorylation/dephosphorylation in photoreceptor signalling; 6) The role of ubiquitin/proteasome-mediated proteolysis in
UV-B and and
photoreceptor action; 7) perception signal transduction; 8) Photocontrol of flowering; 9) Red:far-red ration perception
shade avoidance; 10) Photoreceptor interactions with other signals; 11) Photoreceptor biotechnology; 12) Light-quality manipulation
by
horticulture industry. References, Index.
Annual Volume
David Logan 2007. Plant Reviews, 31: Plant Mitochondria, (ISBN-13 978-
G.
(ed.).
14051-4939-6, hbk.). Blackwell Publishing. 2121 State Ave., Ames, lA 50014-8300, U.S.A. and 9600
0X4
2DQ,
Garsington Road, Oxford, UK. (Orders: www.blackwellprofessional.com, orders@ames.
515-292-0140, 515-292-3348 1-800-862-6657). 342
blackwellpublishing.com, $199.99,
fax,
pp.,
6" X 9".
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Contents. 1) Mitochondrial dynamics: the control of mitochondrial shape, size, number, motility, and cellular inheritance; 2) The
unique biology of mitochondrial genome instability in plants; 3) Expression of the plant mitochondrial genome; 4) Import of nuclear-
encoded mitochondrial proteins; 3) Mitochondrial respiratory complex biogenesis: communication, gene expression and assembly; 6)
Supramolecular structure of the oxidative phosphorylation system in plants; 7) Mitochondrial electron transport and oxidative stress;
8) Mitochondrial metabolism; 9) Cytoplasmic male sterilities and mitochondrial gene mutations in plants; 10) The mitochondrion and
programmed
plant death. References, Index.
cell
Texas 787. 2007
J. Bot. Res. Inst. 1 (1):
788 Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 1(1)
Paul Martin Brown (Text) and Stan Folsom (Original Artwork). 2007. Wild Orchids of the Northeast:
New New
England, York, Pennsylvania. (ISBN 978-0-8130-3034-0,
flexibind). University Press
of Florida, 15 Northwest 15th Street, Gainesville, FL 32611-2079, U.S.A. (Orders: www.upf.com,
352-392-1351, 352-392-7302 1-800-226-3822). 376 316 94 b/w
$29.95, color
fax, plates,
pp., il-
81 maps, 6" x 9".
lustrations,
Andrus Voitk and Maria 2006. Orchids on the Rock: The Wild Orchids of Newfoundland. (ISBN
Voitk.
0-9699509-3-4, pbk.). Gros Morne Co-operating Association, Publicity Dept., Rocky Harbour, New-
AOK 4N0
foundland (Orders: http://www.2;rosmornetravel.com/intro_details.asp?Id=15). $12.95, 96
5%" &k
color photographs, x ^?
pp.,
and
M. Botana 2007. Phycotoxins: Chemistry Biochemistry. (ISBN 13 978-0-8138-2700-1,
Luis
(ed.).
hbk.). Blackwell Publishing. 2121 State Ave., Ames, lA 50014-8300, U.S.A. and 9600 Garsing-
OX4
2DQ,
UK.
ton Road, Oxford, (Orders: www.blackwellprofessional.com, orders@ames.
515-292-0140, 515-292-3348 1-800-862-6657).
blackwellpublishing.com,
fax, $199.99,
345 7" X 10".
pp.,
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Conitni'b. 1) Gambierol; 2) Brevetoxins: Structure, Toxicology, and Origin; 3) Chemistry of Maitotoxin; 4) Biochemistry of Maitotoxin;
5) Chemistry of Palytoxins and Ostreocins; 6) Biochemistry of Palytoxins and Ostreocins; 7) Chemistry of Cyanobacterial Neurotox-
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ins Anatoxini-a: Synthetic Approaches; 8) Anatoxin-a and Analogues: Discovery, Distribution, and Toxicology; 9) Pectenotoxins; 10)
Chemistry, Origins, and Distribution of Yessotoxin and analogues; 11) Pharmacology of Yessotoxin; 12) Chemistry of Diarrhetic
It's
Shellfish Poisoning Toxins; 13) The Molecular and Integrative Basis DomoicAcid Toxicity; 14) Hepatotoxic Cyanobacteria; 15) Poly-
to
cavernosides; 16) Structural Assignment and Total Synthesis of Azasplracid-1; 17) Biochemistry of Azaspiracid Poisoning Toxins; 18)
An
Emerging Group Marine
Cyclin Imines: Insight into this of Bioactive Toxins. Index.
J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1 (1): 788. 2007