The Physiology of Characean Cells

• Main Authors: Beilby, Mary J. (Author), Casanova, Michelle T. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Cell biology.; Plant physiology.; Biology > Technique.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Life Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Cell Biology.; Biological Techniques.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

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...

Table of Contents:

• The Charophyte Plant
• Detached Cells in Steady-State – Electrophysiology and Transport
• Electrophysiology of the Detached Cell Under Stress
• The Whole Plant and Cell-to-Cell Transport.