Format:
Online-Ressource (VIII, 351p. 40 illus., 13 illus. in color, digital)
Edition:
First
ISBN:
9783642190919
Series Statement:
Signaling and Communication in Plants 9
Content:
Chemical reactions and interactions between molecules are commonly considered the basis of life, and thus the biochemical nature of cells and organisms is relatively well recognized. Research conducted in recent years, however, increasingly indicates that physical forces profoundly affect the functioning of life at all levels of its organization. To detect and to respond to such forces, plant cells and plants need to be structured mechanically.This volume focuses on mechanical aspects of plant life. It starts with a consideration of the mechanical integration of supracellular structures and mechanical properties of cellular building blocks to show how the structural integrity of plant cells is achieved and maintained during growth and development. The following chapters reveal how the functioning of integrated plant cells contributes to the mechanical integration of plants, and how the latter are able to detect physical stimuli and to reorganize their own cells in response to them. The mechanical aspects of plant responses to stresses are also presented. Finally, all these aspects are placed in an evolutionary context.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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CONTENTS; Introduction: Tensegral World of Plants; Micromechanics of Cell Walls; Mechanics of the Cytoskeleton; Intracellular Movements: Integration at the Cellular Levelas Reflected in the Organization of Organelle Movements; Generating a Cellular Protuberance: Mechanics of Tip Growth; Mechanics of the Meristems; Mechanical Force Responses of Plant Cells and Plants; Mechanical Aspects of Gravity-Controlled Growth, Developmentand Morphogenesis; Osmosensing; Plants as Mechano-Osmotic Transducers
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Integrative Mechanobiology of Growth and ArchitecturalDevelopment in Changing Mechanical EnvironmentsHydraulics of Vascular Water Transport; microRNAs and Mechanical Stress; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783642190902
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Mechanical integration of plant cells and plants Berlin : Springer, 2011 ISBN 9783642190902
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3642190901
Language:
English
Subjects:
Biology
Keywords:
Pflanzenzelle
;
Biomechanik
;
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-19091-9
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