Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Calcium in Plant Development

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
The Role of Calcium in the Regulation of Plant Metabolism....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Molecular Mechanisms of Calmodulin Action....Pages 11-18
Aluminum-Induced Changes in Calmodulin....Pages 19-26
Ca 2+ Binding to Calmodulin and Interactions with Enzymes....Pages 27-32
Calcium and Calcium-Binding Proteins in Phloem....Pages 33-40
A Novel Plant Calciprotein as Transient Subunit of Enzymes....Pages 41-48
Role of Ca 2+ in the Regulation of α-Amylase Synthesis and Secretion in Barley Aleurone....Pages 49-56
Cellulose Microfibril Synthesis and Orientation in Oocystis Solitaria: Evidence for the Involvement of Calcium....Pages 57-64
Effect of Calcium on Lipid Metabolism During the Growth of a Calcifuge Plant ( Lupinus luteus L.) or a Calcicolous One ( Vicia faba )....Pages 65-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Plant Leaf Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases....Pages 75-82
The Role of Calcium and Calmodulin in Hormone Action in Plants: Importance of Protein Phosphorylation....Pages 83-90
Plant NAD Kinase: Regulation by Calcium and Calmodulin....Pages 91-98
Calcium-Dependent Protein Phosphorylation in Suspension-Cultured Soybean Cells....Pages 99-106
Roles of Calmodulin Dependent and Independent NAD Kinases in Regulation of Nicotinamide Coenzyme Levels of Green Plant Cells....Pages 107-114
Modulation of Enzyme Activities in Isolated Pea Nuclei by Phytochrome, Calcium and Calmodulin....Pages 115-122
Calcium/Calmodulin Dependent Membrane Bound Protein Kinase....Pages 123-130
Ca 2+ -Dependence of Callose Synthesis and the Role of Polyamines in the Activation of 1,3-β-Glucan Synthase by Ca 2+ ....Pages 131-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
The Definition and Measurement of Intracellular Free Ca....Pages 141-147
Measurement of Cytoplasmic Calcium Activity with Ion-Selective Microelectrodes....Pages 149-156
NMR and X-Ray Microanalysis Methods for Measurement of Calcium in Plant Cells....Pages 157-164
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Calcium Regulation of Mitosis: The Metaphase/Anaphase Transition....Pages 167-174
Calcium and Calmodulin as Regulators of Chromosome Movement During Mitosis in Higher Plants....Pages 175-183
Calcium Mediation of Cytokinin-Induced Cell Division....Pages 185-192
Uptake and Release of Ca 2+ in the Green Algae Mougeotia and Mesotaenium....Pages 193-199
Calcium Pools, Calmodulin and Light-Regulated Chloroplast Movements in Mougeotia and Mesotaenium ....Pages 201-209
Calcium and Polarity in Tip Growing Plant Cells....Pages 211-217
Transduction of the Gravity Stimulus in Cress Roots: A Possible Role of an ER-Localized Ca 2+ Pump....Pages 219-223
Electrical Events in Growing Lepidium Root Tips Seem to be Correlated with Gravitropic Dynamics....Pages 225-232
Localization of Calcium in the Sensory Cells of the Dionaea Trigger Hair by Laser Micro-Mass Analysis (LAMMA)....Pages 233-240
Long Distance Transport of Calcium....Pages 241-250
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Controls on Calcium Influx in Corn Root Cells....Pages 253-260
ATpases and Membrane Properties in Relation to Ecological Differences....Pages 261-268
Function of Calcium-Calmodulin in Chloroplasts....Pages 269-276
The Role of Intracellular Organelles in the Regulation of Cytosolic Calcium Levels....Pages 277-284
Calcium Involvement in Plant Hormone Action....Pages 285-292
Calcium Modulation of Auxin-Membrane Interactions in Plant Cell Elongation....Pages 293-300
Evidence for a Mechanism by which Auxins and Fusicoccin may Induce Elongation Growth....Pages 301-308
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
The Concentration of Calmodulin Alters During Early Stages of Cell Development in the root apex of Pisum Sativum ....Pages 311-312
Intracellular Localization of Calmodulin on Embryonic Axes of Cicer Arietinum L....Pages 313-315
Activation of Plant and Animal Calmodulin-Dependent Enzymes by Plant, Animal, Protist, and Fungal Calmodulins....Pages 317-317
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
The Control of Calmodulin Synthesis and Localisation in Pea Root Tissue....Pages 319-320
Immunocytochemical Localization of Calmodulin in Plant Tissue....Pages 321-322
Aluminium-Induced Deformations and Malfunctions of Calmodulin....Pages 323-324
Calcium and Calcium-Binding Proteins in Phloem....Pages 325-325
Calcium Nutrition, Calmodulin Content and Susceptibility to TMV in Tobacco ( Nicotiana Tabacum L. C.V. Xanthi)....Pages 327-329
Role of Ca 2+ in the Induction of the Phytoalexin Defense Response in Soybean Cells....Pages 331-332
Ca-Stimulated α-Amylase Secretion from Barley Aleurone Protoplasts....Pages 333-333
Calcium Uptake and Exchange in Barley Aleurone Layers and Protoplasts During Ca-Stimulated Amylase Secretion....Pages 335-335
The Control of α-Amylase Synthesis by Calcium in the Barley Aleurone....Pages 337-338
Tyrosine Specific Protein Kinases in Plant Tissues....Pages 339-340
Protein Phosphorylation in Normal and Transformed Cells: Effect of Cytokinin on Calcium Regulation In Vivo and In Vitro ....Pages 341-342
Properties of a Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase from Silver Beet Leaves....Pages 343-344
Calcium-Dependent Protein Phosphorylation in Germinated Pollen....Pages 345-346
In Vitro and In Vivo Protein Phosphorylation in Oat Coleoptiles: Effects of Calcium, Calmodulin Antagonists and Auxin....Pages 347-348
Phosphorylation of Tonoplast Proteins in ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS Cell Suspension Cultures....Pages 349-349
Calcium-Calmodulin Requirements of Phosphatidyl Inositol Turnover Stimulated by Auxin....Pages 351-352
Isolation of Plasma Membrane and Tonoplast from the Same Homogenates of Plant Cells by Free-Flow Electrophoresis....Pages 353-354
Phosphorylation of Membrane-Located Proteins of Soybean: In Vitro Response of Purified Plasma Membranes to Auxin and Calcium....Pages 355-356
Distribution of Calmodulin-Dependent and Calmodulin-Independent NAD Kinase During Early Cell Development in the Root Apex of Pisum Sativum ....Pages 357-358
Ca 2+ , Calmodulin Dependent NAD Kinase: Regulation by Light....Pages 359-361
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
Ca 2+ -Dependent Generation of a Membrane-Borne Proteinase Involved in Volume Regulation of Poterioochromonas ....Pages 363-364
The Regulation of Plant Peroxidases by Calcium....Pages 365-366
The In Vitro Reversible Association of the Regulatory and Catalytic Subunits of Quinate: NAD + Oxidoreductase....Pages 367-368
Plant Aspartate Kinase is not Activated by Calmodulin or Calcium....Pages 369-370
An Assessment of the Usefulness of Quin-2-AM for Cytoplasmic Calcium Measurements in Plant Cells....Pages 371-372
Some Practical Aspects of the Application of Quin-2 to Plant Systems....Pages 373-374
Calcium Ions and the Dynamics of the Microtubular Cytoskeleton During the Initiation and the Progression of Mitosis in Endosperm Cells....Pages 375-377
Mitosis and Cytokinesis in Funaria are Accompanied by Inward Current Localized at the Nuclear Zone....Pages 379-380
Quantification of Mesotaenium Calmodulin by Improved Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterase Test....Pages 381-382
Calcium Effects on Stomatal Guard Cells....Pages 383-384
Calcium and the Current-Voltage Relations of Stomatal Guard Cells....Pages 385-386
Abscisic Acid, Calcium Ions and Stomatal Function....Pages 387-388
Calcium Regulation in Apple Fruit....Pages 389-390
Ca 2+ Contributes to the Signal Transduction Chain in Phytochrome-Mediated Spore Germination....Pages 391-392
A Change in Intracellular pH does not Contribute to the Signal Transduction Chain in Phytochrome-Mediated Spore Germination....Pages 393-393
Localization of Potential Ca 2+ -Binding Sites in Lily Pollen Tubes and Maize Calyptra Cells....Pages 395-396
Ca 2+ Regulation of Myosin Sliding Along Characeae Actin Bundles....Pages 397-398
Mechanism of Ca 2+ -Control of Cytoplasmic Streaming in Characeae....Pages 399-400
The Effect of Segment Orientation and Cell Growth on the Acropetal Flux Of Calcium....Pages 401-402
The Role of Calcium in the Phototactic Response of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii ....Pages 403-404
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
Calmodulin Antagonists Inhibit Adventitious Root Growth of Tradescantia ....Pages 405-406
Direct Estimation of Plasmodesmatal Conductivity....Pages 407-407
Current-Voltage Analysis as a Means to In Vivo “Separation” of Primary Electrogenic and Coupled Secondary Transport....Pages 409-410
The Role of Ca ++ in Chara K + State....Pages 411-412
The Role of Ca ++ in the Excitation of the Single Membrane Samples of Chara....Pages 413-414
Control of Plasma Membrane Permeability of Chara by Cytoplasmic Calcium....Pages 415-416
Properties and Distribution of ATPases in Oat and Wheat with Special Reference to the Plasmalemma....Pages 417-418
A Calcium Antagonist Binding Site in Plants....Pages 419-419
Characterization of Calcium Channels in Carrot Cells....Pages 421-422
Binding of Verapamil to Maize Root Membranes....Pages 423-423
The Influence of Calcium on Mitochondrial Membrane Transport and Fluidity....Pages 425-426
Effect of Photoperiod on the Calcium Uptake by Microsomes and Mitochondria from Green Leaves....Pages 427-428
The Calcium Content of Chloroplast, Mitochondrial and Cytosolic Fractions of Pea Leaf Cells....Pages 429-430
Limits on a Role for Calmodulin in Chloroplast Metabolism....Pages 431-432
Effects of Calmodulin Antagonists on Transmembrane Auxin Transport in Cucurbita Pepo L. Hypocotyl Segments....Pages 433-434
Growth Control by Transplasmalemma Redox: Evidence for A Calcium Role....Pages 435-436
The effects of Fusicoccin and Indole-3-Acetic Acid on the Cytosolic pH of Zea Mays Cells....Pages 437-437
Calcium in the Agriculture of Turkey....Pages 439-440
Calcium Complexing Ligands Derived from Cystine: Exploratory Work....Pages 441-441
Future Development of Calcium Studies; Evidence in the Support of Concepts....Pages 443-447
Back Matter....Pages 449-452