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Plant Receptor-like Kinases: Role in Development and Stress presents the latest research in receptor-like kinases (RLKs), a class of development and defense-response proteins in plants. As one of the largest protein families, with roles ranging from growth and development to stress response, RLKs are involved in every aspect of the plant life cycle, including growth and development, reproduction, and immunity. Development of high throughput sequencing technology has improved the identification and characterization of numerous gene families in plants in the recent years, allowing researchers to identify and characterize numerous RLK sub-families in model plant species and agro-economically important crop plants like rice, wheat, sorghum, tomatoes, and more.
This book provides foundational knowledge on the classification of RLKs, their mechanism of action and their roles in the plant life cycle, as well as the most up-to-date advances in the applications of RLKs. It is an essential read for researchers interested in plant signaling and plant genomics.
List of contents
1. An overview of receptor like kinases in plants
2. Origin, classification and evolutionary history of plant receptor-like kinases
3. Receptor like kinases and plant innate immunity
4. Role of receptor-like kinases in fungal/microbial resistance in plants
5. Role of Receptor like-kinases in abiotic stress response in plants
6. Role of receptor-like kinases in plant-pathogen interaction
7. Role of SERK family receptor-like kinases in plants
8. Analysis of lectin receptor-like kinases (LecRLKs) and their functions in higher plants
9. Cysteine-rich receptor-like kinases and stress response in plants
10. Structural and functional analysis of lysin motif receptor-like kinases in plants
11. Thaumatin-domain containing receptor-like kinases in plants
12. SnRK in plants: Roles in stress response and signaling
13. Role of leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases in abiotic and biotic stress response in plants
14. Functional role of Receptor-like kinases in mediating brassinosteroid signalling pathway
15. Plant hormones mediated transcriptional regulation of receptor-like kinases
16. Recent Advances in the Role of Protein Kinases during Plant-Herbivore Interaction
17. Phosphorylation-dependent regulation of RLKs during Root-Nodule-Symbiosis (RNS)
18. Receptor-like kinases induced by Abscisic acid in plants
19. Role of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in stress signalling in plants
20. CLAVATA signaling pathway receptors modulate developmental traits and stress responses in crops
About the author
Dr. Upadhyay is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He has been working in the field of Plant Biotechnology for more than 16 years. He is currently working in functional genomics. His research group at PU has characterized numerous important defence-related protein families such as receptor-like kinases, antioxidant enzymes, calcium transporters, chitinases, lectins, etc. They are also characterizing long non-coding RNAs related to the abiotic and biotic stress response. He has authored more than 130 publications including research papers in leading journals of international repute, national and international patents, book chapters and books. He has been awarded the NAAS Young scientist award (2017-18) and NAAS-Associate (2018) from the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India, INSA Medal for Young Scientist (2013) from the Indian National Science Academy, India, NASI- Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award (2012) from the National Academy of Sciences, India, and Altech Young Scientist Award (2011).Dr. Shumayla is currently a Research Associate in the Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. She has been working in the area of plant molecular biology and plant biotechnology from past 5 years. She has identified and characterized various sub families of receptor-like kinase (RLK), such as lectin receptor kinases, leucine-rich receptor like kinases, Cysteine-rich receptor like kinases etc. in bread wheat. She has authored more than 10 publications including research articles in peer reviewed international journals and book chapters. She is also an editorial reviewer in the frontiers of bioinformatics and computational biology.
