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Plant Receptor-Like Kinases

Role in Development and Stress

  • 1st Edition - September 27, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Santosh Kumar Upadhyay, Shumayla
  • Language: English

Plant Receptor-like Kinases: Role in Development and Stress presents the latest research in receptor-like kinases (RLKs), a class of development and defense-response proteins… Read more

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Description

Plant Receptor-like Kinases: Role in Development and Stress presents the latest research in receptor-like kinases (RLKs), a class of development and defense-response proteins in plants. As one of the largest protein families, with roles ranging from growth and development to stress response, RLKs are involved in every aspect of the plant life cycle, including growth and development, reproduction, and immunity. Development of high throughput sequencing technology has improved the identification and characterization of numerous gene families in plants in the recent years, allowing researchers to identify and characterize numerous RLK sub-families in model plant species and agro-economically important crop plants like rice, wheat, sorghum, tomatoes, and more.

This book provides foundational knowledge on the classification of RLKs, their mechanism of action and their roles in the plant life cycle, as well as the most up-to-date advances in the applications of RLKs. It is an essential read for researchers interested in plant signaling and plant genomics.

Key features

  • Presents detailed information on receptor like kinases (RLKs), including their mechanism of action and classification
  • Analyzes numerous sub-families of RLKs and their roles in plant development and stress management
  • Highlights the function of RLKs in plant innate immunity

Readership

Researchers interested in plant signaling, physiology and biochemistry, genetics, and plant abiotic and biotic stresses

Table of contents

1. An overview of receptor like kinases in plants

2. Origin, classification and evolutionary history of plant receptor-like kinases

3. Receptor like kinases and plant innate immunity

4. Role of receptor-like kinases in fungal/microbial resistance in plants

5. Role of Receptor like-kinases in abiotic stress response in plants

6. Role of receptor-like kinases in plant-pathogen interaction

7. Role of SERK family receptor-like kinases in plants

8. Analysis of lectin receptor-like kinases (LecRLKs) and their functions in higher plants

9. Cysteine-rich receptor-like kinases and stress response in plants

10. Structural and functional analysis of lysin motif receptor-like kinases in plants

11. Thaumatin-domain containing receptor-like kinases in plants

12. SnRK in plants: Roles in stress response and signaling

13. Role of leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases in abiotic and biotic stress response in plants

14. Functional role of Receptor-like kinases in mediating brassinosteroid signalling pathway

15. Plant hormones mediated transcriptional regulation of receptor-like kinases

16. Recent Advances in the Role of Protein Kinases during Plant-Herbivore Interaction

17. Phosphorylation-dependent regulation of RLKs during Root-Nodule-Symbiosis (RNS)

18. Receptor-like kinases induced by Abscisic acid in plants

19. Role of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in stress signalling in plants

20. CLAVATA signaling pathway receptors modulate developmental traits and stress responses in crops

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 29, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Santosh Kumar Upadhyay

Santosh Kumar Upadhyay is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany at Panjab University, India, with over 16 years of experience in Plant Science. His research focuses on green synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, and key defense-related proteins, as well as long non-coding RNAs involved in stress responses. He has made significant contributions to plant defense and genome editing research. Dr. Upadhyay has received prestigious awards including the INSA Associate Fellowship and the INSA Medal for Young Scientist.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Panjab University, India

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Shumayla

Dr. Shumayla is currently a Research Associate in the Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. She has been working in the area of plant molecular biology and plant biotechnology from past 5 years. She has identified and characterized various sub families of receptor-like kinase (RLK), such as lectin receptor kinases, leucine-rich receptor like kinases, Cysteine-rich receptor like kinases etc. in bread wheat. She has authored more than 10 publications including research articles in peer reviewed international journals and book chapters. She is also an editorial reviewer in the frontiers of bioinformatics and computational biology.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Associate, Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

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