Front Cover; Developmental Signaling in Plants; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter One: Mobile Transcripts and Intercellular Communication in Plants; 1. Introduction; 2. Identification of Mobile RNAs; 2.1. Phloem Exudate Analysis; 2.2. Grafting; 2.3. Tissue-Specific Gene Activity vs Transcript Presence; 3. Classes of Mobile RNAs; 3.1. Viral RNAs; 3.2. sRNAs: Small Interfering RNAs and microRNAs; 3.3. RNAs Involved in Translation: Ribosomal RNAs and Transfer RNAs; 3.4. Other RNAs: tRNA Halves, Small Nucleolar RNAs, Spliceosomal RNAs, and Signal Recognition Particle RNA

4. Mobile mRNAs5. Phloem Proteins-RNP Complexes and Transport; 5.1. Phloem Proteomics; 5.2. RNA-Binding Proteins; 5.3. Chaperones: The 70kDa HSC70; 6. Function of mRNA Movement; 6.1. RNA Diffusion vs Active Transport Along the Phloem; 7. Outlook; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter Two: Plant Stress Responses Mediated by CBL-CIPK Phosphorylation Network; 1. Introduction; 2. CBL: The Calcium Sensor; 2.1. Motifs in CBL; 2.2. 3D Structure of CBLs; 2.3. Lipid Modification Site of CBL; 2.4. Similarity of CBLs With Other Ca2+ Binding Proteins; 3. CIPK: The Relay Protein; 3.1. Motifs in CIPKs

3.2. The Kinase Domain of CIPK3.3. The Regulatory Domain of CIPK; 3.4. Molecular Insight of the Control of CIPK Kinase Activity; 3.5. Kinase Activity of CIPKs: Site-Directed Mutagenesis and In Vitro Studies; 3.6. Similarity With Other Ser/Thr Kinases of Plants; 4. CBL-CIPK Modules and Their Functions; 4.1. The CBL-CIPK Module; 4.2. The CIPK Activation and CBL Phosphorylation; 4.3. CBL-Mediated Targeting of CIPK; 5. Target Modulation by CBL-CIPK: What We Know From Arabidopsis; 6. Functional Role of CBL-CIPK in Other Plant Species; 7. Future Perspective; Acknowledgments; References

Chapter Three: Modulation of Host Endocycle During Plant-Biotroph Interactions1. Introduction; 2. The Plant Endocycle Machinery; 2.1. Endocycle Onset; 2.2. Endocycle Progression and Termination; 3. Endoreduplication During Host-Microbe Interactions; 3.1. Endoreduplication During Plant-Mutualist Interactions; 3.1.1. Legume-Rhizobia Interactions; 3.1.2. Plant-Endomycorrhiza Interactions; 3.2. Endoreduplication During Plant-Parasite Interactions; 3.2.1. Root Nematode-Induced Host Endoreduplication; 3.2.2. Powdery Mildew-Induced Host Endoreduplication; 4. Future Prospects; Acknowledgments