Signal Molecules in Plants and Plant-Microbe Interactions

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Animal Receptors — Examples of Cellular Signal Perception Molecules....Pages 1-26
Second Messengers in Animals and Their Possible Relevance for Plants....Pages 27-40
Oligosaccharins - Plant Regulatory Molecules....Pages 41-48
Phosphorylation of Plant Plasma Membrane Proteins in Response to Oligosaccharides that Regulate Proteinase Inhibitor Gene Expression....Pages 49-56
Biosynthesis of Phytoalexins and Nod-Gene Inducing Isoflavones in Soybean....Pages 57-64
The Potential Use of the Glucuronidase Reporter Gene and Antisense Technologies to Unravel Biological Functions of Flavonoids....Pages 65-69
Signalling Elements in Higher Plants: Identification and Molecular Analysis of an Auxin-Binding Protein, GTP-Binding Regulatory Proteins and Calcium Sensitive Proteins....Pages 71-83
Release of Phytoalexin Elicitor-Active Oligogalacturonides by Microbial Pectic Enzymes....Pages 85-89
Elicitation of Phytoalexins by Synthetic Oligoglucosides, Synthetic Oligogalacturonides, and their Derivatives....Pages 91-97
 Arabidopsis Thaliana as a Model System for Studying Plant- Pathogen Interactions....Pages 99-106
Ca 2+ is an Important but not the Only Signal in Callose Synthesis Induced by Chitosan, Saponins and Polyene Antibiotics....Pages 107-116
Molecular Biology of Chemotaxis in Agrobacterium ....Pages 117-122
Conditional Requirement for Chemotaxis in Induction of Rooty Tumors by Agrobacterium Tumefaciens on Roots of Pisum Sativum ....Pages 123-127
Role of Attachment of Rhizobium Leguminosarum Cells to Pea Root Hair Tips in Targeting Signals for Early Symbiotic Steps....Pages 129-136
Regulation of Nod Gene Expression: The Role of Nod D Protein....Pages 137-144
Nodulation Genes and Their Regulation in Rhizobium Meliloti....Pages 145-151
Regulation of the Agrobacterium Virulence Genes by Plant Factors....Pages 153-160
Virus-Induced Glycanhydrolases and Effects of Oligosaccharide Signals on Plant-Virus Interactions....Pages 161-168
Characterization of Two Virus-Inducible Plant Promoters....Pages 169-174
A Gene for Avirulence from Pseudomonas Syringae pv. Phaseolicola ....Pages 175-181
Characterization and Function of Avirulence Genes from Pseudomonas Syringae pv. Tomato ....Pages 183-188
Regulation in Xanthomonas - Plant Interactions....Pages 189-196
 Pseudomonas spp. with Mutational Changes in the O-Antigenic Side Chain of their Lipopolysaccharide are Affected in their Ability to Colonize Potato Roots....Pages 197-202
Elicitation of Phytoalexin Synthesis in Soybean ( Glycine Max ) by A Fungal Pathogen and a Fungal ß-Glucan....Pages 203-210
Studies on Elicitor Recognition and Signal Transduction in Host and Non-Host Plant/Fungus Pathogenic Interactions....Pages 211-218
A Family of Genes for Phytoalexin Detoxification in the Plant Pathogen Nectria Haematococca ....Pages 219-228
Fungal Enzymes, Plant Cell Wall Fragments, and Plant Cell Death — A Possible Mechanism for Hypersensitivity in the Rice Blast System....Pages 229-233
Expression of Endopolygalacturonase and Other Fungal Genes Induced by Pectin....Pages 235-240
Local and Systemic Gene Activation in Fungus-Infected Potato Leaves....Pages 241-249
Control of the Hypersensitive Reaction of Lettuce to the Downy Mildew Fungus Bremia Lactucae ....Pages 251-260
Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of the Phenylamide Fungicide-Receptor Interaction in Plant Pathogenic Phytophthora Spp.....Pages 261-266
Mechanisms in Systemic Induced Disease Resistance....Pages 267-272
Apoplastic Proteins Involved in Communication Between Tomato and the Fungal Pathogen Cladosporium Fulvum....Pages 273-280
Secretion in the Parasitic Phase of Rust Fungi....Pages 281-288
 Azospirillum Brasilense Genes that Correct Fix - Mutants of Rhizobium Meliloti Rm1021....Pages 289-294
Bacterial Genes Involved in the Communication Between Soybean and Its Root Nodule Symbiont, Bradyrhizobium Japonicum ....Pages 295-301
Signal Exchange Between R. trifolii and Clovers....Pages 303-310
Five Genes on the Sym Plasmid of Rhizobium Legukinosarum Whose Products are Located in the Bacterial Membrane or Periplasm....Pages 311-318
Factors Controlling Root Nodule Induction by Rhizobium Meliloti....Pages 319-327
Genetic Analyses Suggesting Bacterial-Plant Signalling During Nodulation....Pages 329-336
Lipopolysaccharide: A Signal in the Establishment of the Rhizobium/Legume Symbiosis?....Pages 337-344
Identification and Analysis of Genes Involved in Lipopolysaccharide Production and Symbiotic Efficiency in Rhizobium Leguminosarum Biovar Viciae VF39....Pages 345-350
Role of Lectin in the Pea- Rhizobium Symbiosis....Pages 351-358
The Rhizobium Node Protein as a Major Determinant of Host Specificity....Pages 359-366
Identification of Rhizobium Leguminosarum Genes and Signal Compounds Involved in the Induction of Early Nodulin Gene Expression....Pages 367-377
The Common Nodabc Genes and the Nodh and Nodq Host-Range Genes of Rhizobium Meliloti Determine the Production of Low Molecular Weight Extracellular Signals....Pages 379-386
Root Hair Deforming and Nodule Initiating Factors from Rhizobium Trifolii ....Pages 387-393
Determinants of Host Specificity in the Bradyrhizobium Japonicum -Soybean Symbiosis....Pages 395-399
Metabolic Signals in the Rhizosphere: Catabolism of Calystegins and Trigonelline by Rhizobium Meliloti ....Pages 401-407
Signals and Defense Responses Associated with the Race-Cultivar Specific Interaction Between Tobacco and Phytophthora Parasitica Nicotianae ....Pages 409-414
Genes for Cultivar Specificity in the Rice Blast Fungus, Magnaporthe Grisea ....Pages 415-422
Back Matter....Pages 423-428