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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book describes the unique characean experimental system, which provides a simplified model for many aspects of the physiology, transport and electrophysiology of higher plants. The first chapter offers a thorough grounding in the morphology, taxonomy and ecology of Characeae plants. Research on characean detached cells in steady state is summarised in Chapter 2, and Chapter 3 covers characean detached cells subjected to calibrated and mostly abiotic types of stress: touch, wounding, voltage clamp to depolarised and hyperpolarised potential difference levels, osmotic and saline stress. Chapter 4 highlights cytoplasmic streaming, cell-to-cell transport, gravitropism, cell walls and the role of Characeae in phytoremediation. The book is intended for researchers and students using the characean system and will also serve as an invaluable reference resource for electrophysiologists working on higher plants.
Authors and Affiliations
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School of Physics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Mary J. Beilby
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Centre for Environmental Management, University of Ballarat, Mt Helen, Australia
Michelle T. Casanova
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Physiology of Characean Cells
Authors: Mary J. Beilby, Michelle T. Casanova
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40288-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-40287-6Published: 04 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51872-4Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-40288-3Published: 19 November 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 205
Number of Illustrations: 72 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Physiology, Cell Biology, Biological Techniques, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics