Plant Lipids (eBook, PDF)

Biology, Utilisation and Manipulation
Redaktion: Murphy, Denis J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

New research tools have revealed many surprising aspects of the dynamic nature of lipids and their participation in processes such as recognition, intra- and inter-cellular signalling, deterrence and defence against pathogens, membrane trafficking and protein function. This is in addition to new information on the more established roles of plant lipids as structural components of membranes and as long-term storage products. Plant lipids are also increasingly being seen as sources of a new generation of environmentally friendly, biodegradable and renewable industrial products, including biopolymers and high grade lubricants. This volume provides a broad overview of plant lipid research and its many applications, linking the various disciplines and providing an interesting and wide-ranging perspective on this fast-moving field. Extensive lists of references are provided, totalling well over two thousand non-redundant citations and offering a point of entry to the detailed literature. This is a book for researchers and professionals in plant biochemistry, molecular biology, biotechnology and genetics, in both the academic and industrial sectors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405148122
• Artikelnr.: 38282415

Autorenporträt

Denis Murphy, School of Applied Sciences, University of Glamorgan

Inhaltsangabe

1. The study and utilisation of plant lipids: from margarine to lipid rafts. Denis J. Murphy
Biotechnology Unit
School of Applied Sciences
University of Glamorgan
UK. 2. Fatty acid biosynthesis. John L. Harwood
School of Biosciences
University of Cardiff
UK. 3. Fatty acid manipulation. David Hildebrand
Keshun Yu
Charles McCracken and Suryadevara S. Rao
Department of Agronomy
Agricultural Science Center
North Lexington
Kentucky
USA. 4. Non-food lipids. Sevim Z. Erhan
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Peoria
Illinois
USA and Atanu Adhvaryu
Chemical Engineering Department
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania
USA. 5. Membrane lipids. Peter Dörmann
Department of Molecular Physiology
Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Golm
Germany. 6. Storage lipids. Randall J. Weselake
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Lethbridge
Alberta
Canada. 7. Lipid-associated proteins. Denis J. Murphy
Biotechnology Unit
School of Applied Sciences
University of Glamorgan
United Kingdom. 8. The plant cuticle: formation and structure of epidermal surfaces. L. Kunst and A.L. Samuels
Department of Botany
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
Canada and R. Jetter
Department of Chemistry and Department of Botany
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
Canada. 9. Inositol-containing lipids - roles in cellular signalling. Bjørn K. Drøbak
Department of Disease and Stress Biology
John Innes Centre
Norwich
UK. 10. Oxylipins. Sabine Rosahl
Department of Stress and Developmental Biology
Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Halle / Saale
Germany and Ivo Feussner
Department for Plant Biochemistry
Albrecht-von-Haller Institute for Plant Sciences
Georg-August-University
Göttingen
Germany. 11. Prenyllipids and their derivatives: Sterols
prenylquinones
carotenoids and terpenoids. Pierre Benveniste
Institut de Biologie Moleculaire des Plantes
Departement Biogenese et Fonctions des Isoprenoides
UPR-CNRS
Strasbourg
France. References. Index