shower stalls & bases
hormones receptors and cellular interactions in plants
the complementary binding of a ligand and receptor is the basic language of intercellular communication and this book takes a broad look at the current status of research on receptors in higher and lower plants . it starts with a discussion of some hormone receptors auxins ethylene and gibberellin in higher plants and then considers the role of cyclic amp and its receptors in the slime mould dictyostelium . authoritative accounts of our present knowledge of several adhesive phenomena are also given . these include fertilization in higher plants and yeasts the infection of protoplasts by pathogens and of root hairs by nitrogen fixing bacteria cell cell adhesion in dictyostelium and a general consideration of the functions of lectins . first published in 1986 this book will be valuable to biochemists cell biologists and physiologists at the research level .