Plant Lipids - Biology, Utilisation and Manipulation

Hardback  424 pp, 44 ills.  ISBN 1405119047      £120.00

This volume provides a broad overview of plant lipid research and its many applications, linking the various disciplines and providing an interesting and wide-ranging perspective on this fast-moving field. Extensive lists of references are provided, totalling well over two thousand non-redundant citations and offering a point of entry to the detailed literature.

This is a book for researchers and professionals in plant biochemistry, molecular biology, biotechnology and genetics, in both the academic and industrial sectors.

Contents

• 1. The study and utilisation of plant lipids: from margarine to lipid rafts Denis J. Murphy, Biotechnology Unit, School of Applied Sciences, University of Glamorgan, UK
• Fatty acid biosynthesis John L. Harwood, School of Biosciences, University of Cardiff, UK
• Fatty acid manipulation David Hildebrand, Keshun Yu, Charles McCracken and Suryadevara S. Rao, Department of Agronomy, Agricultural Science Center, North Lexington, Kentucky, USA
• Non-food lipids Sevim Z. Erhan, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, Illinois, USA and Atanu Adhvaryu, Chemical Engineering Department, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA
• Membrane lipids Peter Dörmann, Department of Molecular Physiology, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm, Germany
• Storage lipids Randall J. Weselake, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
• Lipid-associated proteins Denis J. Murphy, Biotechnology Unit, School of Applied Sciences, University of Glamorgan, United Kingdom
• The plant cuticle: formation and structure of epidermal surfaces L. Kunst and A.L. Samuels, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada and R. Jetter, Department of Chemistry and Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
• Inositol-containing lipids - roles in cellular signalling Bjorn K. Drobak, Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
• Oxylipins Sabine Rosahl, Department of Stress and Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle / Saale, Germany and Ivo Feussner, Department for Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht-von-Haller Institute for Plant Sciences, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
• Prenyllipids and their derivatives: Sterols, prenylquinones, carotenoids and terpenoids Pierre Benveniste, Institut de Biologie Moleculaire des Plantes, Departement Biogenese et Fonctions des Isoprenoides, UPR-CNRS, Strasbourg, France