Advances in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Function and Biotechnology of Laticifers and Their Compounds
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Cell Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 110
Special Issue Editors
Interests: latex; laticifers biochemistry, functions, and biotechnology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Studies on latex and laticifers have revealed the exciting nature of these cells in terms of metabolism, chemistry, and physiology. Most of the recent information belonging to proteomics approaches and gene expression associated to laticifers have provided us with important insights into the diversity of metabolites and proteins found in different latex sources from different plants. The key function that latex and laticifers play in plant defense strategies and adaptations towards different environmental conditions is now clear. Laticifers and latex are certainly multi-functional in all the plants in which they are found, although these systems clearly contain some individual strategies. However, more efforts are still needed to better comprehend laticifers metabolism and latex compounds. This includes the synthesis of metabolites, constitutive and de novo synthesized proteins, gene expression control, etc. In addition to all these challengers, latex compounds have shown important biotechnological potentialities for the chemical and pharmacological industries, among others. From this perspective, we are motivated to gather a series of high-quality papers covering all aspects of latex and laticifers in this Special Issue of Plants.
Prof. Dr. Márcio Viana Ramos
Prof. Dr. Cléverson Diniz Teixeira de Freitas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biochemistry
- biotechnology
- function
- latex
- laticifers
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