Heat Shock Proteins and Plants provides the most up-to-date and concise reviews and progress on the role of heat shock proteins in plant biology, structure and function and is subdivided into chapters focused on Small Plant HSPs (Part I), Larger Plant HSPs (Part II) and HSPs for Therapeutic Gain (Part III). This book is written by eminent leaders and experts from around the world and is an important reference book and a must-read for undergraduate, postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of Agriculture, Botany, Crop Research, Plant Genetics and Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Drug Development and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Preface
Part I: Small Plant Heat Shock Proteins (HSP)
1 Small Heat Shock Proteins: Emerging Roles in Seed Vigor and Longevity
Harmeet Kaur, Bhanu Prakash Petla and Manoj Majee
2 Plant Small Heat Shock Proteins and its Interations with Biotic Stress
Val?ria Stefania Lopes-Caitar, Suellen Mika Hishinuma Silva and Francismar Corr?a Marcelino-Guimaraes
3 Small Heat Shock Proteins, a Key Player in Grass Plant Thermotolerance
Kehua Wang, Xunzhong Zhang and Erik H. Ervin
4 Induction of Heat Shock Proteins During the Bud Dormancy Stage in Woody Fruit Plants
Yoshihiro Takemura and Fumio Tamura
5 Evolution Canyon
Eviatar Nevo and Yang Zujun
6 Insights into the Mechanism of HeatlÓ™