University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Plant Ga Structure and Properties / Janice C. Jones -- Regulatory and Cellular Functions of Plant RhoGAPs and RhoGDIs / Benedikt Kost -- Structure and Function of ROPs and their GEFs / Christoph Thomas and Antje Berken -- Protein-Lipid Modifications and Targeting of ROP/RAC and Heterotrimeric G Proteins / Nadav Sorek and Shaul Yalovsky -- ROP GTPases and the Cytoskeleton / Ying Fu -- RAC/ROP GTPases in the Regulation of Polarity and Polar Cell Growth / Hen-ming Wu, Christine Y. Chen, Qiaohong Duan, Daniel Kita, Candida Nibau, Li-zhen Tao, Yan-jiao Zou, and Alice Y. Cheung -- Heterotrimeric G Proteins and Plant Hormone Signaling in Rice / Katsuyuki Oki, Yukiko Fujisawa, Hisaharu Kato, and Yukimoto Iwasaki -- Auxin, Brassinosteroids, and G-Protein Signaling / Lei Wang and Kang Chong -- Heterotrimeric G-Proteins and Cell Division in Plants / Jin-Gui Chen -- Heterotrimeric G Protein Regulation of Stomatal Movements / Sarah E. Nilson and Wei Zhang -- The Role of Seven-Transmembrane Domain MLO Proteins, Heterotrimeric G-Proteins, and Monomeric RAC/ROPs in Plant Defense / Justine Lorek, Ralph Panstruga, and Ralph H�uckelhoven -- G Proteins and Plant Innate Immunity / Yuri Trusov, Luc��a Jord�a, Antonio Molina, and Jose Ramon Botella -- Bioinformatics of Seven-Transmembrane Receptors in Plant Genomes / Etsuko N. Moriyama and Stephen O. Opiyo -- Unconventional GTP-Binding Proteins in Plants / Lei Ding, Timothy E. Gookin, and Sarah M. Assmann -- Evolution of the ROP GTPase Signaling Module / John E. Fowler.

"This volume focuses on structure, function and regulation of plant signaling G proteins and their function in hormonal pathways, polarity, differentiation, morphogenesis and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Plants are sessile organisms that need to continuously coordinate between external and internal cues. This coordination requires the existence of hubs to allow cross-talk between different signaling pathways. A single family of Rho GTPases termed either ROPS or RACs and heterotrimeric G proteins have emerged as the major molecular switches in multitude of signal transduction pathway in plants."--Publisher's website.