The plant vacuole is a unique organelle that allows plant cells to grow to large sizes. This book provides an overview of the current states of knowledge about the plant vacuole, including its many functions in the cell It includes the benefits of having a vacuole, the types of solutes that are found in vacuoles, and how their concentrations are regulated. Chapters focus on vacuole transport systems, vacuole formation, and the role of the vacuole in plantsenescence and plant and plant defense.
- ISBN10 0124418708
- ISBN13 9780124418707
- Publish Date 1 January 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 October 2000
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
- Imprint Academic Press Inc
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 496
- Language English