Reactive Oxygen Species in Plant Signaling

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rio, Luis Alfonso (Editor), Puppo, Alain (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Signaling and Communication in Plants,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant biochemistry.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Biochemistry.; Plant Sciences.

Until recent years the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was generally considered to be a harmful process and a generator of oxidative stress. But more recently this concept has been re-evaluated and the term "oxidative signaling" was coined (Foyer and Noctor, 2005). This means t...

Table of Contents:

• Reactive Oxygen-Generating NADPH Oxidases in Plants
• Integration of ROS and Hormone Signaling
• Reactive Oxygen Species in Growth and Development
• ROS Signalling in Stomata
• Reactive Oxygen Species in Plant Cell Walls
• Peroxisomes as a Cellular Source of ROS Signal Molecules
• Reactive Oxygen Species in Plant–Pathogen Interactions
• ROS in the Legume-Rhizobium Symbiosis
• Hydrogen Peroxide-Responsive Genes in Stress Acclimation and Cell Death
• The ROS Signaling Network of Cells
• Reactive Oxygen Species and Signaling in Cadmium Toxicity
• Reactive Oxygen Species in Ozone Toxicity
• ROS and Plant Membrane Rafts
• ROS in Retrograde Signalling from the Chloroplast to the Nucleus.