""ADVANCES IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY VOLUME 51 ""; ""ADVANCES IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY VOLUME 51 ""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abscisic Acid-Inducible Genes during Salinity and Drought Stress""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Abscisic Acid: Chemical Nature and Biosynthesis""; ""3. ABA: Physiological Significance in Relation to Oxidative Stress""; ""3.1. Guard Cell Regulation by ABA""; ""3.2. Endogenous ABA Accumulation in Seeds""; ""3.3. ABA and Oxidative Damages""; ""4. ABA Mutants""; ""5. ABA Inducible Genes""; ""5.1. LEA Genes""; ""5.2. Rab Genes""
""5.3. Genes Encoding Enzymes for Osmolyte and Antioxidant Biosynthesis""""5.4. Genes for Stress-Regulated TFs""; ""5.4.1. bZIP Factors""; ""5.4.2. TFs Other Than the bZIPs""; ""A. B3-Domain Containing TFs""; ""B. AP2 Family of TFs""; ""C. NAC TFs""; ""D. MYC/MYB TFs""; ""E. WRKY TFs""; ""5.5. Genes for Ion Transporters""; ""5.6. Genes for Histone H1-3 Protein""; ""5.7. AIA1 Gene""; ""5.8. RAS1 Gene""; ""6. Regulation of ABA-Inducible Gene Expression""; ""6.1. Cis-Acting Conserved Sequences in the Promoter""; ""6.2. Promoter-Trans-Acting Factor(s) Interactions""; ""6.3. Activation of TFs""
""7. ABA Signal Transduction: Receptors, Phosphatases and Kinases""""7.1. ABA Receptors""; ""7.1.1. Chloroplast and Nucleus Receptors""; ""7.1.2. Plasma Membrane Receptors""; ""A. GCR2""; ""B. GTG1/GTG2""; ""7.1.3. Search Goes on�""; ""7.1.4. Newly Identified Nucleus and Cytosol Receptors""; ""7.2. Transduction and Regulation of ABA Signaling Downstream of the Receptors""; ""7.2.1. Second Messengers""; ""7.2.2. Kinases and Phosphatases at Work""; ""A. Type 2C Protein Phosphatases""; ""B. SnRK2 Proteins""; ""C. Mitogen Activated Protein Kinases""
""D. CDPKs and CBL-Interacting Protein Kinases (CIPKs)""""E. Receptor-Like Protein Kinase (RLK)""; ""7.2.3. Membrane Proteins""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Characteristics and Treatment of Medical Device Related Infections""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Characteristics and Treatment of Medical Device Related Infections""; ""1.1. Biomaterials: A Historical Perspective""; ""1.2. Medical Device Infection Epidemiology""; ""1.3. Skin Microflora""; ""1.4. Microbial Factors Involved in Medical Device Related Infection:""; ""Profile of Microbial Infection in Implant Devices""
""1.5. Biofilm Ultrastructure and Composition of the Extracellular Polymeric Substances""""1.6. Adhesion of Microorganisms to Surfaces and Biofilm Formation""; ""I. Primary Microbial Adhesion: Involving Physiochemical Factors""; ""II. Secondary Microbial Adhesion: Involving Molecular and Cellular Interactions""; ""1.7. Biofilm Maturation""; ""1.8. Biofilm Dispersal""; ""1.9. Time Scale of Infection: Acute versus Chronic Infection""; ""1.10. Device Related Factors Involved in Medical Device Infection""; ""Surface Properties""; ""Materials Involved in the Manufacture of Medical Devices""
