Toshiyuki Nagata / Seiichiro Hasezawa / Dirk Inzé (eds.)

Tobacco BY-2 Cells

Herausgegeben:Nagata, Toshiyuki; Lörz, Horst; Widholm, Jack, Herausgegeben:Nagata, Toshiyuki; Hasezawa, Seiichiro; Inzé, Dirk

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Produktbeschreibung

The first compilation of a wealth of knowledge on tobacco BY-2 cells, often cited as the HeLa cell line of higher plants. Basic issues of cell cycle progression, cytokinesis, cell organization and factors that are involved in these processes are covered in detail. Since the tobacco cell line is used as a tool for research in molecular and cellular biology, several chapters on such studies are also included. Further, changes of primary and secondary metabolites during culture and factors that affect these processes are treated. Last but not least, the so far unpublished historical background of the BY-2 cell line is described.This volume is a must for any scientist working in the field of plant biology.

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It is our pleasure to present the 53rd volume of the Biotechnology in Agric- ture and Forestry (BAF) series. This is the second issue of the BAF series edited by the new editorial team consisting of Professors Horst Lörz, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, Jack Widholm, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA,and Toshiyuki Nagata,University of Tokyo,Tokyo,Japan. This series was originally founded by the late Professor Y. P. S. Bajaj,Delhi,India,in 1986. The current volume is somewhat unique, since in this volume only one plant cell line,the tobacco BY-2 cell line,is handled,while previous volumes mainly dealt with plants having certain economical importance. Nonetheless, the three editors of this volume,Professors Dirk Inzé,Seiichiro Hasezawa and Toshiyuki Nagata,believe that most scientists who are working in the ?eld of plant s- ences will enjoy seeing this volume as a kind of source book of the unique tobacco BY-2 cells. Indeed,tobacco BY-2 cells have,over the years,gained the status as a model plant system,comparable to HeLa cells for human research. The current book is very timely because a wealth of basic knowledge on plant cells related to,e. g. ,cell division,cytoskeleton,cytokinesis,plant hormone s- naling,etc. ,has been gathered from experiments with this cell line. As re?ected in the contents,the accumulated knowledge of the BY-2 cell line is enormous and there is no other cell line that has been so important for progress in the plant sciences. Such knowledge should be shared with scientists from the ?elds of both applied and basic plant science.

Produktdetails

• Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry 53
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-540-40256-5
• 2004
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 758g
• ISBN-13: 9783540402565
• ISBN-10: 354040256X
• Artikelnr.: 12300812

Autorenporträt

Toshiyuki Nagata, University of Tokyo, Japan / Seiichiro Hasezawa, University of Tokyo, Japan / Dirk Inzé, University of Ghent, Belgium

Inhaltsangabe

1 When I Encountered Tobacco BY-2 Cells!.- Section I: Cell Cycle.- 2 Improvements of the Molecular Toolbox for Cell Cycle Studies in Tobacco BY-2 Cells.- 3 Transcriptional Regulation During the Plant Cell Cycle: Involvement of Myb Proteins in Cyclin B Transcription.- 4 Control of the G1/S Phase Transition in Tobacco BY-2 Cells.- 5 Expression, Localisation and Stability of Mitotic Cyclins in Tobacco BY-2 Cells.- Section II: Cell Biology and Cytoskeleton.- 6 Molecular Mechanisms of Microtubule Nucleation in Tobacco BY-2 Cells.- 7 Dynamic Behavior of Microtubules and Vacuoles at M/G1 Interface Observed in Living Tobacco BY-2 Cells.- 8 Tobacco BY-2 Cells as an Ideal Material for Biochemical Studies of Plant Cytoskeletal Proteins.- 9 Cell Plate Formation: Knowledge from Studies Using Tobacco BY-2 Cells.- Section III: Physiological and Developmental Aspects.- 10 Hormonal Control of the Plant Cell Cycle.- 11 Block Points in the Cell Cycle Progression of Plant Cells: Deduced Lessons from Tobacco BY-2 Cells.- 12 Growth and Physiology of Suspension-Cultured Plant Cells: the Contribution of Tobacco BY-2 Cells to the Study of Auxin Action.- 13 Dual Pathways for Auxin Regulation of Cell Division and Expansion.- 14 Studies on Dynamic Changes of Organelles Using Tobacco BY-2 as the Model Plant Cell Line.- 15 Cell Wall Dynamics in Tobacco BY-2 Cells.- 16 Regulation of Secondary Metabolism in Tobacco Cell Cultures.- 17 Boron Nutrition of Cultured Tobacco BY-2 Cells.- Section IV: Molecular Biological Aspects.- 18 In Vitro Transcription Systems from BY-2 Cells.- 19 Protein Sorting and Protein Modification Along the Secretory Pathway in BY-2 Cells.- 20 Characterisation of an Inducible/Repressible Gene Expression System in Tobacco BY-2 Cells.- 21 The Tobacco BY-2 Cell Line as a Model Systemto Understand in Planta Nuclear Coactivator Interactions.- 22 Tobacco BY-2 Proteomics.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"... this book is a must for all people working with tobacco BY-2 cells." (Journal of Plant Physiology)

"This book ... is a past due summary of a huge body of data about the tobacco BY-2 cell culture. The tobacco BY-2 cell line has acquired a unique position in plant science, and more than 500 papers have been published ... . this book is a must for all people working with tobacco BY-2 cells." (Katja Hartig, Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol. 162, 2005)