A Genetic Approach to Plant Biochemistry

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Gibberellin Mutants

   • James B. Reid

   Pages 1-34

3. Genetic Aspects of Abscisic Acid

   • Maarten Koornneef

   Pages 35-54

4. Mutants as Tools for the Elucidation of Photosynthetic Processes

   • Christa Critchley, Warwick Bottomley

   Pages 55-72

5. Maize Alcohol Dehydrogenase: A Molecular Perspective

   • Wayne L. Gerlach, Martin M. Sachs, Danny Llewellyn, E. Jean Finnegan, Elizabeth S. Dennis

   Pages 73-100

6. The Molecular Genetics of Higher Plant Nitrate Assimilation

   • John L. Wray

   Pages 101-157

7. Plant Genetic Approaches to Symbiotic Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation in Legumes

   • Peter M. Gresshoff, Angela C. Delves

   Pages 159-206

8. Endosperm Proteins

   • Peter I. Payne

   Pages 207-231

9. Molecular Approaches to Plant and Pathogen Genes

   • Richard I. S. Brettell, Anthony J. Pryor

   Pages 233-246

10. Gametophytic Gene Expression

    • David L. Mulcahy

    Pages 247-258

11. Auxotroph Isolation In Vitro

    • Anne D. Blonstein

    Pages 259-279

12. Back Matter

    Pages 281-291

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Biologists ask how the growth, development and behaviour of organisms happen, how these processes are co-ordinated and how they are regulated by the environment. Today the questions are phrased in terms of the genes involved, their structure and the control of their expression. Mutations (recognised by a change in phenotype) label genes and can be used to study gene structure, gene function and the organisation of the genome. This is "Genetics". Study of phenotypes down to the level of the enzymes and structural proteins coded for by genes is "Biochemistry". It is self evident that only by studying phenotype ("Biochemistry") can we do "Ge­ netics" and that "Genetics" (perturbation of the phenotype) is the key to understanding the "Biochemistry". There can surely be no better argu­ ments for a more holistic approach to biology than the massive output of knowledge from microbial "Biochemical Genetics" and the more recent revelations from "Molecular Genetic" studies of development in Droso­ phila.

• biochemistry
• plant
• plant biochemistry

• Friedrich Miescher-Institut, Basel, Switzerland

  Anne D. Blonstein, Patrick J. King

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