Functional Dissection of Calcium Homeostasis and Transport Machinery in Plants

Girdhar K. Pandey is working as Professor in the Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Delhi University South Campus, New Delhi, India. He is the Fellow of National Academy Sciences, India (NASI) and National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), India. His group’s research interest is to understand the detail mechanistic interplay of calcium-mediated signal transduction networks in plants under mineral nutrient (potassium and calcium) deficiency and abiotic stresses. He has published more than 80 articles in international journal of repute. He has edited (5) authored (4) books. He is also serving as editorial board/associate editor in several international reputed journals. For further detail information visit his lab web-page: http://www.dpmb.ac.in/index.php?page=girdhar-pandey; https://sites.google.com/site/gkplab/home.Dr. Sibaji K Sanyal is a former PhD student of Prof. Girdhar K. Pandey and currently working as Research Associate (Post-doctoral fellow) in DBT-India sponsored program

• Preface.- 1. Introduction to cellular calcium.- 2. Cellular calcium homeostasis.- 3. Significance of calcium signatures.- 4. Cellular calcium transport machinery.- 5. Calcium conductance across plasma membrane.- 6. Identification of other influx channels based on cellular localization- 7. Endomembrane and vascular ion channel.- 8. Other non-selective calcium conductances Ca2+.- 9. Calcium extrusion systems and efflux transporters.- 10. Cellular Ca2+ hubs.- 11. Recent advances in biotechnological tools and approaches.- 12. Conclusions and future perspectives.- References.- Abbreviations.- Index.-