Plant Receptors in Cellular Signaling
Key Regulators of Development and Stress Adaptation
- 1st Edition - November 17, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editor: Aryadeep Roychoudhury
- Language: English
Plant Receptors in Cellular Signaling provides a comprehensive account of how plants perceive and respond to internal and external cues through receptor-mediated pathways. The… Read more
Plant Receptors in Cellular Signaling provides a comprehensive account of how plants perceive and respond to internal and external cues through receptor-mediated pathways. The volume integrates structural, functional, and mechanistic perspectives to examine the diverse spectrum of plant receptors—including phytohormone receptors, growth regulator receptors, receptor-like kinases, and multiprotein complexes—that orchestrate growth, development, and survival under changing conditions.
The book explains receptor functions in auxin, gibberellin, cytokinin, abscisic acid, ethylene, jasmonate, salicylic acid, brassinosteroid, strigolactone, and karrikin signaling, while also addressing membranebound and cytoplasmic kinases, glutamate-like receptors, and other critical signaling components. By linking structural biology with functional outcomes, it shows how protein conformation and ligand recognition determine specificity and regulatory control.
Emphasizing the interplay and crosstalk among receptor-mediated pathways, the text demonstrates how plants translate complex signals into precise cellular responses that regulate gene expression, coordinate development, and enable adaptation to biotic and abiotic stresses.
Rich in mechanistic detail and conceptual breadth, Plant Receptors in Cellular Signaling is an essential reference for researchers and academics in plant biology, molecular signaling, stress physiology, and related fields seeking to understand how plants transform signals into adaptive strategies.
The book explains receptor functions in auxin, gibberellin, cytokinin, abscisic acid, ethylene, jasmonate, salicylic acid, brassinosteroid, strigolactone, and karrikin signaling, while also addressing membranebound and cytoplasmic kinases, glutamate-like receptors, and other critical signaling components. By linking structural biology with functional outcomes, it shows how protein conformation and ligand recognition determine specificity and regulatory control.
Emphasizing the interplay and crosstalk among receptor-mediated pathways, the text demonstrates how plants translate complex signals into precise cellular responses that regulate gene expression, coordinate development, and enable adaptation to biotic and abiotic stresses.
Rich in mechanistic detail and conceptual breadth, Plant Receptors in Cellular Signaling is an essential reference for researchers and academics in plant biology, molecular signaling, stress physiology, and related fields seeking to understand how plants transform signals into adaptive strategies.
- Provides systematic coverage of the major families of membrane-bound receptors
- Highlights receptor involvement in linking developmental regulation with environmental stress adaptation
- Explains how cytoplasmic relays transmit receptor activation to the nucleus to control gene expression
Primary: Researchers and academics in botany, molecular biology, plant physiology and biochemistry, biotechnology, cell biology and genetics.
Secondary: Plant physiologists, geneticists, and breeders.
Secondary: Plant physiologists, geneticists, and breeders.
1. Introduction to the molecular basis and analysis of ligand-receptor interactions
2. Cell signaling mediated by plasma membrane-bound receptors in plants
3. Histidine kinase receptors and two-component signaling in driving developmental and environmental stress responses in plants
4. Auxin receptors: Pivotal regulators of plant development
5. Gibberellin receptors regulating cell signaling in plants
6. Signal transduction pathways mediated by membrane-bound and endoplasmic reticulum-localized cytokinin receptors
7. Membrane-bound and endoplasmic reticulum-mediated cytokinin signaling: An update on abiotic stress responses
8. Regulations and functions of multiple ethylene receptors in plant development and stress response
9. Structure and function of diverse abscisic acid receptors and coreceptors in modulating developmental and stress responses
10. Jasmonic acid receptors: Gatekeepers of plant defense and development
11. Receptor dynamics of salicylic acid and jasmonic acid in plant signal transduction
12. Brassinosteroid receptors as multidimensional regulators in brassinosteroid perception, plant growth, and stress adaptation
13. The dual role of karrikin and strigolactone receptors in plant growth
14. Glutamate receptors in plants: Roles in cell signaling, growth, and differentiation
15. CLAVATA signaling pathway receptors and co-receptor complexes in plant development and immunity
16. Regulation and role of somatic embryogenesis receptor kinase (SERK) families in plant development and defense responses
17. Decoding receptor-like protein kinases: Insights into embryogenesis and floral morphogenesis
18. Plant photoreceptors as sensory proteins in driving cell signaling network
19. Regulation of receptors and receptor-like kinases in nitrogen fixation by plants
20. Calcium-sensing receptors and signaling cascades in plants
21. Decoding abiotic stress in plants: Signal reception and transduction pathways
22. Pattern recognition receptors and cell signaling in plant immunity against microbial pathogens
23. Leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase in mediating signaling and defense responses in plants
24. Receptor-mediated endocytosis and autophagy in plants
25. Crosstalk among plant receptors and diverse signaling pathways in development and stress tolerance
26. Mechanoperception and mechanoreceptors in plant systems
2. Cell signaling mediated by plasma membrane-bound receptors in plants
3. Histidine kinase receptors and two-component signaling in driving developmental and environmental stress responses in plants
4. Auxin receptors: Pivotal regulators of plant development
5. Gibberellin receptors regulating cell signaling in plants
6. Signal transduction pathways mediated by membrane-bound and endoplasmic reticulum-localized cytokinin receptors
7. Membrane-bound and endoplasmic reticulum-mediated cytokinin signaling: An update on abiotic stress responses
8. Regulations and functions of multiple ethylene receptors in plant development and stress response
9. Structure and function of diverse abscisic acid receptors and coreceptors in modulating developmental and stress responses
10. Jasmonic acid receptors: Gatekeepers of plant defense and development
11. Receptor dynamics of salicylic acid and jasmonic acid in plant signal transduction
12. Brassinosteroid receptors as multidimensional regulators in brassinosteroid perception, plant growth, and stress adaptation
13. The dual role of karrikin and strigolactone receptors in plant growth
14. Glutamate receptors in plants: Roles in cell signaling, growth, and differentiation
15. CLAVATA signaling pathway receptors and co-receptor complexes in plant development and immunity
16. Regulation and role of somatic embryogenesis receptor kinase (SERK) families in plant development and defense responses
17. Decoding receptor-like protein kinases: Insights into embryogenesis and floral morphogenesis
18. Plant photoreceptors as sensory proteins in driving cell signaling network
19. Regulation of receptors and receptor-like kinases in nitrogen fixation by plants
20. Calcium-sensing receptors and signaling cascades in plants
21. Decoding abiotic stress in plants: Signal reception and transduction pathways
22. Pattern recognition receptors and cell signaling in plant immunity against microbial pathogens
23. Leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase in mediating signaling and defense responses in plants
24. Receptor-mediated endocytosis and autophagy in plants
25. Crosstalk among plant receptors and diverse signaling pathways in development and stress tolerance
26. Mechanoperception and mechanoreceptors in plant systems
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: November 17, 2025
- Language: English
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Aryadeep Roychoudhury
Aryadeep Roychoudhury is Professor of Life Sciences at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, with over 20 years of research experience in plant molecular biology and biotechnology. He earned his PhD from Bose Institute under Jadavpur University and completed postdoctoral research on transgenic rice for enhanced salt and drought tolerance. His work currently focuses on molecular and physiological responses of plants to abiotic stresses such as fluoride, heavy metals, salinity, and drought, including regulation by transcription factors and signaling pathways. Prof. Roychoudhury has led multiple government-funded projects and is recognized among the Top 2% Scientists in the list released by Stanford University in collaboration with Elsevier.
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Discipline of Life Sciences, School of Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, IndiaRead Plant Receptors in Cellular Signaling on ScienceDirect