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Cell Organelles

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Reinhold G. Herrmann

    1. Botanisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany

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Part of the book series: Plant Gene Research (GENE)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Organelle Genetics in Lower and Higher Plants

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Organelle Genetics and Transformation of Chlamydomonas

      • John E. Boynton, Nicholas W. Gillham, Scott M. Newman, Elizabeth H. Harris
      Pages 3-64

    3. Plastid Genetics in Higher Plants

      • Rudolf Hagemann
      Pages 65-96

  3. Evolution of Organelle Genomes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Comparison of Chloroplast and Mitochondrial Genome Evolution in Plants

      • Jeffrey D. Palmer
      Pages 99-133

  4. Organelle Chromosomes, Genes, and Gene Expression

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Organization and Expression of Genes of Plastid Chromosomes from Non-Angiospermous Land Plants and Green Algae

      • Kanji Ohyama
      Pages 137-163

    3. Plastid Chromosomes from Vascular Plants—Genes

      • Robert F. Whittier, Masahiro Sugiura
      Pages 164-182

    4. The Mitochondrial Genome of Plants

      • David M. Lonsdale, Jean Michel Grienenberger
      Pages 183-218

    5. Cytoplasmic Male Sterility

      • Carl J. Braun, Gregory G. Brown, Charles S. Levings III
      Pages 219-245

  5. Organelle Biogenesis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247
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    2. Control of Plastid Gene Expression in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

      • Jean-David Rochaix
      Pages 249-274

    3. Biogenesis of Plastids in Higher Plants

      • Reinhold G. Herrmann, Peter Westhoff, Gerhard Link
      Pages 275-349

  6. Protein Import

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 351-351
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    2. Transport of Proteins into Chloroplasts

      • Kenneth Keegstra, Gunnar von Heijne
      Pages 353-370

    3. Components and Mechanisms in Mitochondrial Protein Import

      • Nikolaus Pfanner
      Pages 371-400

  7. Glyoxysomes and Peroxisomes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 401-401
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    2. Structure and Biogenesis of Glyoxysomes and Peroxisomes

      • Christof Sautter
      Pages 403-458

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 459-471
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About this book

The compartmentation of genetic information is a fundamental feature of the eukaryotic cell. The metabolic capacity of a eukaryotic (plant) cell and the steps leading to it are overwhelmingly an endeavour of a joint genetic cooperation between nucleus/cytosol, plastids, and mitochondria. Alter­ ation of the genetic material in anyone of these compartments or exchange of organelles between species can seriously affect harmoniously balanced growth of an organism. Although the biological significance of this genetic design has been vividly evident since the discovery of non-Mendelian inheritance by Baur and Correns at the beginning of this century, and became indisputable in principle after Renner's work on interspecific nuclear/plastid hybrids (summarized in his classical article in 1934), studies on the genetics of organelles have long suffered from the lack of respectabil­ ity. Non-Mendelian inheritance was considered a research sideline~ifnot a freak~by most geneticists, which becomes evident when one consults common textbooks. For instance, these have usually impeccable accounts of photosynthetic and respiratory energy conversion in chloroplasts and mitochondria, of metabolism and global circulation of the biological key elements C, N, and S, as well as of the organization, maintenance, and function of nuclear genetic information. In contrast, the heredity and molecular biology of organelles are generally treated as an adjunct, and neither goes as far as to describe the impact of the integrated genetic system.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Botanisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany

    Reinhold G. Herrmann

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cell Organelles

  • Editors: Reinhold G. Herrmann

  • Series Title: Plant Gene Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9138-5

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag/Wien 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-9140-8Published: 24 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-9138-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0175-2073

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 467

  • Topics: Cell Biology, Agriculture, Forestry

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