MAP Kinases in Plant Signal Transduction [Paperback]

MAP Kinases in Plant Signal Transduction.- 1 MAPK Modules Form Basic Units of Eukaryotic Signal Transduction.- 2 Different MAPK Pathways Exist for Different Signals.- 3 What Are So Many Plant MAPK Genes For?.- 4 Arabidopsis: Emerging MAPK Modules.- 5 MAPKs and Stress Signaling.- 5.1 Mechanical Stress.- 5.2 Osmotic Stress.- 5.3 Wounding.- 5.4 Plant-Pathogen Interaction.- 6 Cell Cycle.- 7 Auxin.- 8 Abscisic Acid and Giberellins.- 9 Ethylene.- 10 Concluding Remarks.- MAP Kinases in Plant Signal Transduction: How Many, and What For?.- 1 Introduction.- 2 The Structure of MAPKs.- 3 MAPKs in Yeast and Animals.- 4 Plant MAPK.- 5 Plant MAPKs Can Be Classified into Five Groups.- 6 PERK Groups: Towards a Functional Classification System of Plant MAPKs.- 7 How Many Are Out There? Plant ESTs with Similarities to MAPKs.- Reference.- MAP Kinase Cascades in Arabidopsis: Their Roles in Stress and Hormone Responses.- 1 Introduction.- 2 MAPK Cascades Involved in Stress Responses in Animals and Budding Yeast.- 3 Arabidopsis Homologs of Protein Kinases in MAPK Cascades.- 4 Transcriptional Control of the Putative Components of Arabidopsis MAPK Cascades in Response to Environmental Stresses.- 5 Activation of MAPK-Like Activity by Environmental Stresses in Arabidopsis thaliana.- 6 Analysis of Functional Interactions of the Components of MAPK Cascades in Arabidopsis Using the Yeast System.- 7 Putative Upstream Factors of MAPK Cascades in Arabidopsis.- Reference.- MAP Kinases in Pollen.- 1 Pollen Development and Germination.- 2 Signal Transduction in Pollen.- 3 Changes in Pollen Grains After Hydration.- 4 MAP Kinases in Pollen.- 5 The Response of MAP Kinase Signaling Pathways to Osmotic Stress.- 6 Specificity of the MAP Kinase Response.- Reference.- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases and Wound Stress.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Evidence for Activation of MAPK-Like Protein Kinases by Wounding.- 3 Evidence for Activation of MAPKs by Wounding.- 4 Transcriptional Activation of MAPKs by Wounding.- 5 Systl³