Book ID: 47318
Leshem, Ya'acov Y.
Plant Membranes:A Biophysical Approach to Structure, Development and Senescence. 1992. Illustr.280 p.Hardcover.
This book provides the reader with a multidisciplinary approach to anunderstanding of the functin of various plant membrane categories asinfluenced on the one had by their structural components and, on theother, by micro- and macro-environmental conditions. Specific topicsdiscussed under relevant headings include ion channeling, plant hormonereceptors and biophysical aspects of trans-membran water movements.While the text essentially is a biophysical one, drawing on contemporaryphysical concepts, these are couched in terms - accompanied by a wealthof detailed diagrams - which are understandable to the average plantbiologist.