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Molecular Biology of Photosynthesis

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  1. Govindjee

    1. University of Illinois at Urbana, USA

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Table of contents (38 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Genes and genetics

    1. Nicotiana chloroplast genes for components of the photosynthetic apparatus

      • Kazuo Shinozaki, Nobuaki Hayashida, Masahiro Sugiura
      Pages 1-25

    2. Gene organization and newly identified groups of genes of the chloroplast genome from a liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha

      • Kanji Ohyama, Takayuki Kohchi, Hideya Fukuzawa, Tohru Sano, Kazuhiko Umesono, Haruo Ozeki
      Pages 27-42

    3. Introns in chloroplast protein-coding genes of land plants

      • Aine L. Plant, John C. Gray
      Pages 43-59

    4. Pea chloroplast tRNALys(UUU) gene: transcription and analysis of an intron-containing gene

      • Scott K. Boyer, John E. Mullet
      Pages 61-76

    5. Transposon mutagenesis of nuclear photosynthetic genes in Zea mays

      • William B. Cook, Donald Miles
      Pages 77-103

    6. Using bacteria to analyze sequences involved in chloroplast gene expression

      • Anthony A. Gatenby, Steven J. Rothstein, Douglas Bradley
      Pages 105-120

    7. Binding, uptake and expression of foreign DNA by cyanobacteria and isolated etioplasts

      • Bruce A. McFadden, Henry Daniell
      Pages 121-135

  3. Light harvesting systems

    1. The puf operon region of Rhodobacter sphaeroides

      • Timothy J. Donohue, Patricia J. Kiley, Samuel Kaplan
      Pages 137-159

    2. Characterization of phycobiliprotein and linker polypeptide genes in Fremyella diplosiphon and their regulated expression during complementary chromatic adaptation

      • Arthur R. Grossman, Peggy G. Lemaux, Pamela B. Conley, Brigitte U. Bruns, Lamont K. Anderson
      Pages 161-194

    3. Photoregulation of gene expression in the filamentous cyanobacterium Calothrix sp. PCC 7601: light-harvesting complexes and cell differentiation

      • Nicole Tandeau De Marsac, Didier Mazel, Thierry Damerval, Gérard Guglielmi, Véronique Capuano, Jean Houmard
      Pages 195-228

    4. Regulation of cyanobacterial pigment-protein composition and organization by environmental factors

      • Harold Riethman, George Bullerjahn, K. J. Reddy, Louis A. Sherman
      Pages 229-257

    5. The major light-harvesting complex of Photosystem II: aspects of its molecular and cell biology

      • Parag R. Chitnis, J. Philip Thornber
      Pages 259-281

    6. Regulation and expression of the multigene family coding light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-binding proteins of photosystem II

      • Dennis E. Buetow, Houqi Chen, Géza ErdÅ‘s, Lee S. H. Yi
      Pages 283-319

  4. Reaction centers; herbicide resistance

    1. Reaction centers from three herbicide-resistant mutants of Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1: sequence analysis and preliminary characterization

      • Mark L. Paddock, Scott H. Rongey, Edward C. Abresch, George Feher, Melvin Y. Okamura
      Pages 321-342

    2. Molecular genetics of herbicide resistance in cyanobacteria

      • Judy Brusslan, Robert Haselkorn
      Pages 343-352

    3. Genetic analysis of two new mutations resulting in herbicide resistance in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

      • Jeffrey C. Gingrich, Jeffrey S. Buzby, Veronica L. Stirewalt, Donald A. Bryant
      Pages 353-369

    4. Nucleotide sequence of the genes encoding cytochrome b-559 from the cyanelle genome of Cyanophora paradoxa

      • Amanda Cantrell, Donald A. Bryant
      Pages 371-387

    5. Protein composition of the photosystem II core complex in genetically engineered mutants of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

      • W. F. J. Vermaas, M. Ikeuchi, Y. Inoue
      Pages 389-405

    6. The QB site modulates the conformation of the photosystem II reaction center polypeptides

      • Achim Trebst, Brigitte Depka, Bernd Kraft, Udo Johanningmeier
      Pages 407-421
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About this book

Molecular biology, particularly molecular genetics, is among the newest and most powerful approach in modern photosynthesis research. Development of molecular biology techniques has provided new methods to solve old problems in many biological disciplines. Molecular biology has its greatest potential for contribution when applied in combination with other disciplines, to focus not just on genes and molecules, but on the complex interaction between them and the biochemical pathways in the whole organism. Photosynthesis is surely the best studied research area in plant biology, making this field the foremost candidate for successfully employing molecular genetic techniques. Already, the success of molecular biology in photosynthesis has been nothing short of spectacular. Work performed over the last few years, much of which is sum­ marized in this volume, stands in evidence. Techniques such as site-specific mutagenesis have helped us in examining the roles of individual protein domains in the function of multiunit complexes such as the enzyme ribulose-l ,5-bisphos­ phate carboxylase/oxygenase (RUBISCO) and the oxygen evolving photo­ system (the photosystem II). The techniques of molecular biology have been very important in advancing the state of knowledge of the reaction center from the photosynthetic bacteria whose structure has been elegantly deduced by H. Michel and 1. Deisenhofer from the X-ray studies of its crystals.

Reviews

`I would reckon the book to be an important addition to the existing and forthcoming monographs on photosynthesis. It is a highly useful reference work for researchers engaged in photosynthesis and biotechnology in Universities....the monograph will be a most important acquisition.'
Phytomorphology, July 1991

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Illinois at Urbana, USA

    Govindjee

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Molecular Biology of Photosynthesis

  • Editors: Govindjee

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2269-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0097-7Published: 31 January 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7517-6Published: 28 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2269-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 844

  • Topics: Plant Physiology, Plant Sciences

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