Advances in botanical research. v. 49 / series editors, Jean-Claude Kader, Michel Delseny. — Amsterdam : Elsevier, c2009. – (58.8/A244/v.49)

Contents

    CONTENTS
    
    Phototropism and Gravitropism in Plants
    I. Introduction
    II. Phototropism
    III. Gravitropism
    IV. Interaction Between Phototropism and Gravitropism
    V. Conclusions and Future Prospects
    Acknowledgments
    References
    Cold Signalling and Cold Acclimation in Plants
    I. Introduction
    II. Physiology of Cold Stress
    III. The CBF Pathway is Essential in Triggering Response to Cold Exposure
    IV. Transduction of Cold Signal
    V. Summary and Conclusion
    Acknowledgments
    References
    Genome Evolution in Plant Pathogenic and Symbiotic Fungi
    I. Introduction
    II. The Evolution of Genome Size， Content and Organization
    III. Chromosomal Rearrangements
    IV. Gene Clusters
    V. Suppression of Recombination Around MAT Loci
    VI. Evolution of Gene Families
    VII. Rapidly Evolving Genes and Genes Evolving Under Positive Selection
    VIII. Horizontal Gene Transfer
    IX. Mixing Different Genomes: Hybridization
    X. Transposable Elements
    XI. Telomeres
    XII. Introns
    XIII. Mitochondrial Genomes
    XIV. Comparison with the Genomics of Pathogenic Bacteria
    XV. Conclusion
    Acknowledgments
    References
    Author Index
    Subject Index