Plant Cell Vacuoles: an Introduction

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The genetic engineering of plants for commercial use demands a comprehension of the funtions and possibilities of the manipulation of vacuoles. Most of the aims of genetic engineering such as the over-production and storage of fructans, starch, pharmaceuticals and increased resistance to disease, herbicide and drought, involve vacuoles. This book brings together information on the plant cell vacuole, including methodologies, occurence and diversity, structure and biochemistry of tonoplasts, and molecular biology of biogenesis and diverse functions.

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"This is a useful introductory text for advanced students and researchers and a rich source of references on all aspects of vacuolar biology."--Hall "Journal of Experimental Botany"
" ... An impressive and expansive review of plant vacuoles covering historic papers through current literature, it documents their occurrence and diversity, the structure and biochemistry of their surrounding membrane, and their biogenesis and development . . . Ideal for upper-division undergraduates through graduate students of cell biology and plant sciences."-- "Choice"
"Anyone interested in plant biology will use Plant Cell Vacuoles by Deepesh N. De as an open access to the field and find in it information for its own sake."--Marty "Universite de Bourgogne"
"Deepesh De has succeeded in bringing the scientific spotlight on the vacuole; his book has an easy, readable style with a good layout and high quality figures."--Miller "Annals of Botany"
"The book is well-structured and well presented and might be used by graduate students and academic teachers. The book is an ideal introduction into the plant cell vacuoles and readers will enjoy the author's style of presentation."--Dosa "Journal of Plant Physiology"
Deepesh N. De's book is a comprehensive - indeed, encyclopedic - tour through the past quarter century of literature on plant vacuoles. . . The attraction of De's book lies in his success at combining the earlier information on vacuoles with what we have learned in recent years, which provides a useful reference tool for a diverse group of plant biologists. . . The book will be of use to the increasing number of plant scientists who are finding, often to their surprise, that regardless of their initial research questions, the proteins that interest them are somehow connected to the cell's secretory system. . . The book is so rich in details that it is difficult to discern the research questions that are currently shaping the field. Nonetheless, plant scientists searching for specific information about plant vacuoles will find De's compilation very useful.--Raikhel "MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory"
"The entire book has been written with great authority and clarity. ... The language is very good and it is readable even by a non-specialist. The book will be quite useful both to beginners in plant cell biology and to the advanced researcher."--Krishnamurthy "Phytomorphology"

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Deepesh N. De