- 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
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- About this book
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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.
- Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Chloroplast Gene Expression—RNA Synthesis and Processing
Pages 3-47
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Chloroplast Gene Expression—Translation
Pages 49-78
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The Chloroplast Genome and Nucleo-Cytosolic Crosstalk
Pages 79-111
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An Overview of Chloroplast Biogenesis and Development
Pages 115-128
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Dynamic Architecture of Plant Photosynthetic Membranes
Pages 129-154
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Plastid Biology
- Editors
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- Steven Theg
- Francis-Andre Wollman
- Series Title
- Advances in Plant Biology
- Series Volume
- 5
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media New York
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4939-1136-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4939-1136-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4939-1135-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4939-4211-4
- Series ISSN
- 2363-8451
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 589
- Number of Illustrations
- 5 b/w illustrations, 46 illustrations in colour
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