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Plastid Biology

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Editors:
  1. Steven M. Theg

    1. Department of Plant Biology, Univeristy of California-Davis, Davis, USA

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  2. Francis-André Wollman

    1. Physiologie Membranaire et Moléculaire du Chloroplaste, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France

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  • This book is intended to provide the research community with a comprehensive view of the state of research in and understanding of plastids, including those from green and non-green plants and from apicomplexan protists
  • It covers in 21 chapters nearly all actively investigated areas of plastid biology, from biosynthesis to function to their uses in biotechnology
  • Both timely and unique
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Plant Biology (AIPB, volume 5)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Genetic Material and its Expression

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Chloroplast Gene Expression—RNA Synthesis and Processing

      • Thomas Börner, Petya Zhelyazkova, Julia Legen, Christian Schmitz-Linneweber
      Pages 3-47

    3. Chloroplast Gene Expression—Translation

      • Jörg Nickelsen, Alexandra-Viola Bohne, Peter Westhoff
      Pages 49-78

    4. The Chloroplast Genome and Nucleo-Cytosolic Crosstalk

      • Jean-David Rochaix, Silvia Ramundo
      Pages 79-111

  3. Plastid Differentiation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. An Overview of Chloroplast Biogenesis and Development

      • Barry J. Pogson, Veronica Albrecht-Borth
      Pages 115-128

    3. Dynamic Architecture of Plant Photosynthetic Membranes

      • Helmut Kirchhoff
      Pages 129-154

    4. Plastid Division

      • Jodi Maple-Grødem, Cécile Raynaud
      Pages 155-187

    5. Stromules

      • Amutha Sampath Kumar, Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar, Jeffrey L. Caplan
      Pages 189-207

    6. The Apicoplast: A Parasite’s Symbiont

      • Lilach Sheiner, Boris Striepen
      Pages 209-238

  4. Biogenesis of Chloroplast Proteins

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
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    2. Mechanisms of Chloroplast Protein Import in Plants

      • Paul Jarvis, Felix Kessler
      Pages 241-270

    3. Protein Routing Processes in the Thylakoid

      • Carole Dabney-Smith, Amanda Storm
      Pages 271-289

    4. Protein Transport into Plastids of Secondarily Evolved Organisms

      • Franziska Hempel, Kathrin Bolte, Andreas Klingl, Stefan Zauner, Uwe-G Maier
      Pages 291-303

    5. Processing and Degradation of Chloroplast Extension Peptides

      • Kentaro Inoue, Elzbieta Glaser
      Pages 305-323

    6. Molecular Chaperone Functions in Plastids

      • Raphael Trösch, Michael Schroda, Felix Willmund
      Pages 325-357

    7. Plastid Proteases

      • Zach Adam, Wataru Sakamoto
      Pages 359-389

  5. Chloroplast Photophysiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 391-391
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    2. Photoprotective Mechanisms: Carotenoids

      • Luca Dall’Osto, Roberto Bassi, Alexander Ruban
      Pages 393-435
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Plastids are the sites of conversion of solar energy into the chemical energy usable to sustain life. They are also responsible for the production of the vast majority of the oxygen in the atmosphere. Through these activities they play a unique role in the biosphere, producing two critical products upon which life on Earth depends. It covers in 21 chapters nearly all actively investigated areas of plastid biology, from biosynthesis to function to their uses in biotechnology. The editors have compiled an extensive list of international experts from whom to solicit chapters. As is evident from the suggested Table of Contents, the book will start with a discussion of genetic material and its expression, followed by differentiation and development of different plastid types and internal organization. This is followed by an in depth look at biogenesis and assembly of plastid proteins and protein complexes and then by the important metabolic functions in plastids. The book will end with two chapters discussing the role of plastid biology in protein expression biotechnology and in hydrogen and biofuel production.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Plant Biology, Univeristy of California-Davis, Davis, USA

    Steven M. Theg

  • Physiologie Membranaire et Moléculaire du Chloroplaste, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France

    Francis-André Wollman

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