Plant ABC Transporters
This book is devoted to the fascinating superfamily of plant ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters and their variety of transported substrates. It highlights their exciting biological functions, covering aspects ranging from cellular detoxification, thr
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Markus Geisler Editor
Plant ABC Transporters
Signaling and Communication in Plants
Series Editor František Baluška Department of Plant Cell Biology, IZMB, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Markus Geisler Editor
Plant ABC Transporters
Editor Markus Geisler Plant Biology University of Fribourg Department of Biology Fribourg, Switzerland
ISSN 1867-9048 ISSN 1867-9056 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-06510-6 ISBN 978-3-319-06511-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-06511-3 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014946212 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
ABC (ATP-binding cassette) proteins are ubiquitous, membrane-intrinsic transporters that catalyze the primary (ATP-dependent) movement of their substrates over biological membranes. Until know, the special challenge of ABC transporter work lies in the identification of ABC transporter substrates. Therefore, in higher plants, ABC transporters were—in functional analogy to their mammalian orthologs—initially identified as central part of a detoxification process in that they sequester conjugated xenobiotics from th
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