Biology of the Fungal Cell - second edition

Hardcover  341 pp  ISBN 9783540706151      £135.00

This fully updated volume addresses some of these most persistent and fascinating questions as they relate to the growth and development of both yeast and hyphal forms of fungi.

Beginning with subcellular components, the book moves on to topics including cell organization and polarity. It then moves beyond these matters to examine the cell biology of spores, the biomechanics of invasive growth, and many other subjects.

This second edition, aimed at researchers, includes several new chapters covering emerging topics in fungal cell biology, and, most importantly, provides links between studies from a number of scientists, offering a synthesis of research in a variety of fields.

Contents

1 The Endomembrane System of the Fungal Cell, TM Bourett, SW James, RJ Howard
2 MotileTubularVacuoleSystems, AE Ashford,WG Allaway
3 The FungalWoronin Body, T Dhavale, G Jedd
4 A Molecular and Genomic View of the Fungal CellWall, FM Klis, AFJ Ram, PWJ De Groot
5 The Cytoskeleton and Polarized Growth of Filamentous Fungi,R Fischer
6 Polarised Growth in Fungi, P Sudbery, H Court
7 Signal Transduction and Morphogenesis in Candida albicans, AJP Brown, S Argimón, NAR Gow
8 Mating in Candida albicans and Related Species, DR Soll
9 Ions Regulate Spore Attachment, Germination, and Fungal Growth,BD Shaw, HC Hoch
10 Biomechanics of Invasive Hyphal Growth, NP Money
11 Cell Biology of Fungal and Oomycete Infection of Plants, AR Hardham
12 Fair Trade in the Underworld: the Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis, F Martin
13 Network Organisation of Mycelial Fungi, M Fricker, L Boddy, D Bebber
Biosystematic Index
Subject Index

Biology of the Fungal Cell offers a select sampling of current knowledge and direction of fundamental research into the cellular structure, morphogenesis and development of fungi. Topics range from the mechanisms of invasive growth and controls of polarity, to the nature of extracellular matrices and the various connections through the cell wall to the cytoskeleton and beyond. The fungal cell is considered in the context of colony formation, as well as from a molecular point of view - from signal transduction to the vast tubular matrix that comprises the vacuole system - with an over-riding emphasis on biology. The volume concludes with a forward-looking consideration of genomics as perhaps the most powerful tool available for studies of the fungal cell. Each chapter, some lavishly illustrated, authored by highly respected scientists in the field, offers an in-depth review of the subject that is key to a basic understanding on how these organisms develop as cells, colonies and pathogens.