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Photosynthetic Nitrogen Assimilation and Associated Carbon and Respiratory Metabolism

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Editors:
  1. Christine H. Foyer

    1. Crop Performance and Improvement Division, IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, UK

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  2. Graham Noctor

    1. Institut de la Biotechnologie des Plantes, Université Denis Diderot Paris VII, Orsay, France

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Part of the book series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration (AIPH, volume 12)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-CP-3
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  2. Photosynthetic Nitrogen Assimilation: Inter-Pathway Control and Signaling

    • Christine H Foyer, Graham Noctor
    Pages 1-22

  3. Photosynthesis and Nitrogen-Use Efficiency

    • P. Ananda Kumar, Martin A. J. Parry, Rowan A. C. Mitchell, Altaf Ahmad, Yash P. Abrol
    Pages 23-34

  4. Molecular Control of Nitrate Reductase and Other Enzymes Involved in Nitrate Assimilation

    • Wilbur H. Campbell
    Pages 35-48

  5. Soluble and Plasma Membrane-bound Enzymes Involved in Nitrate and Nitrite Metabolism

    • Christian Meyer, Christine Stöhr
    Pages 49-62

  6. What Limits Nitrate Reduction in Leaves?

    • Werner M. Kaiser, Maria Stoimenova, Hui-Min Man
    Pages 63-70

  7. The Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetic Manipulation of Primary Ammonia Assimilation

    • Bertrand Hirel, Peter J. Lea
    Pages 71-92

  8. Regulation of Ammonium Assimilation in Cyanobacteria

    • Francisco J. Florencio, José C. Reyes
    Pages 93-113

  9. Photorespiratory Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling: Evidence from Studies of Mutant and Transgenic Plants

    • Alfred J. Keys, Richard C. Leegood
    Pages 115-134

  10. The Regulation of Plant Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase by Reversible Phosphorylation

    • Jean Vidal, Nadia Bakrim, Michael Hodges
    Pages 135-150

  11. Mitochondrial Functions in the Light and Significance to Carbon-Nitrogen Interactions

    • Per Gardeström, Abir U. Igamberdiev, A. S. Raghavendra
    Pages 151-172

  12. Alternative Oxidase: Integrating Carbon Metabolism and Electron Transport in Plant Respiration

    • Greg C. Vanlerberghe, Sandi H. Ordog
    Pages 173-191

  13. Nitric Oxide Synthesis by Plants and its Potential Impact on Nitrogen and Respiratory Metabolism

    • A. Harvey Millar, David A. Day, Christel Mathieu
    Pages 193-204

  14. Nitrogen and Signaling

    • Anne Krapp, Sylvie Ferrario-Méry, Bruno Touraine
    Pages 205-225

  15. Regulation of Carbon and Nitrogen Assimilation Through Gene Expression

    • Tatsuo Sugiyama, Hitoshi Sakakibara
    Pages 227-238

  16. Intracellular And Intercellular Transport Of Nitrogen And Carbon

    • Gertrud Lohaus, Karsten Fischer
    Pages 239-263

  17. Optimizing Carbon-Nitrogen Budgets: Perspectives for Crop Improvement

    • John A. Raven, Linda L. Handley, Mitchell Andrews
    Pages 265-274

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 275-284
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About this book

According to many textbooks, carbohydrates are the photosynthesis and mitochondrial respiration fluctuate in a circadian manner in almost every unique final products of plant photosynthesis. However, the photoautotrophic production of organic organism studied. In addition, external triggers and environmental influences necessitate precise and nitrogenous compounds may be just as old, in appropriate re-adjustment of relative flux rates, to evolutionary terms, as carbohydrate synthesis. In the algae and plants of today, the light-driven assimilation prevent excessive swings in energy/resource provision of nitrogen remains a key function, operating and use. This requires integrated control of the alongside and intermeshing with photosynthesis and expression and activity of numerous key enzymes in respiration. Photosynthetic production of reduced photosynthetic and respiratory pathways, in order to carbon and its reoxidation in respiration are necessary co-ordinate carbon partioning and nitrogen assim- ation. to produce both the energy and the carbon skeletons required for the incorporation of inorganic nitrogen This volume has two principal aims. The first is to into amino acids. Conversely, nitrogen assimilation provide a comprehensive account of the very latest developments in our understanding of how green is required to sustain the output of organic carbon cells reductively incorporate nitrate and ammonium and nitrogen. Together, the sugars and amino acids into the organic compounds required for growth.

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"All chapters are excellent reviews of recent literature with conclusions for both the dvelopments of sicence, and praxis. [...] this is a basic book for plant physiological, biochemica, and genetic laboratories and libraries."
(Photosynthetica, 41:3 (2003)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Crop Performance and Improvement Division, IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, UK

    Christine H. Foyer

  • Institut de la Biotechnologie des Plantes, Université Denis Diderot Paris VII, Orsay, France

    Graham Noctor

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Photosynthetic Nitrogen Assimilation and Associated Carbon and Respiratory Metabolism

  • Editors: Christine H. Foyer, Graham Noctor

  • Series Title: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48138-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6336-1Published: 31 December 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5469-2Published: 17 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-48138-3Published: 11 April 2006

  • Series ISSN: 1572-0233

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0102

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 284

  • Number of Illustrations: 29 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, general, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

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