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Concepts in PhotobiologyPhotosynthesis and PhotomorphogenesisEdited by:G.S. Singhal, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, IndiaG. Renger, Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany S.K. Sopory, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India K.D. Irrgang, Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany Govindjee, Dept. of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA |
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Photobiology is an important area of biological research since a very large number of living processes are either dependent on or governed by light that we receive from the Sun. Among various subjects, photosynthesis is one of the most important, and thus a popular topic in both molecular and organismic biology, and one which has a considerable impact throughout the world since almost all life on Earth depends upon it as a source of food, fuel and oxygen. However, for growth of plants, light is equally essential, and research on photomorphogenesis has revealed exciting new developments with the application of newer molecular biological approaches. The present book brings together various aspects of photosynthesis, biology of pigments, light regulation of chloroplast development, nuclear and chloroplast gene expression, light signal transduction, other photomorphogenetic processes and some photoecological aspects under one cover. The chapters cover biochemical and molecular discussions of most of the above topics in a comprehensive manner and include a wide range of `hot topics' that are currently under investigation in the field of photobiology of cyanobacteria, algae and plants.
The authors of this book are selected international authorities in their fields from USA, Europe, Australia and Asia. The book is designed primarily to be used as a text book by graduates and post-graduates. It is, however, also intended to be a resource book for new researchers in plant photobiology. Several introductory chapters are designed as suitable reading for undergraduate courses in integrative and molecular biology, biochemistry and biophysics.
Foreword
Preface
1. Introduction to
Photobiology: Photosynthesis and
Photomorphogenesis
G. Renger, et al.
Section I: Basic Principles and Primary Processes.
2. The Photosynthetic
Process
J. Whitmarsh, Govindjee
3. Basic Principles of Photophysics and Photochemistry
G. Renger
4. Models of the Light Reaction of
Photosynthesis
R.G. Seely, G. Tollin
5.
Structure and Function of Phycobilisomes
M.
Mimuro, et al.
Section II: Photosynthetic Apparatus
6. Architecture of the Thylakoid
Membrane
K.-D. Irrgang
7. Biology of
Photosystem I: Structural Aspects
P. Fromme
8.
Function and Molecular Genetics of Photosystem
I
P. Manna, P.R. Chitnis
9. Polypeptides of
Photosystem II: Structure and Function
D.F.
Ghanotakis, et al.
10. Mechanism of
Photosynthetic Water Cleavage
G. Renger
11.
Synthetic Catalyst for Non-Biological Water
Oxidation: Comparison to the Photosynthetic
Water Oxidation Complex
W. Ruettinger, G.C.
Dismukes
Section III: Photophosphorylation and CO2 Metabolism
12. The Electrochemical
Properties of the Thylakoid Membrane
J.F.H.
Snel, W.I. Vredenberg
13. Photophosphorylation
H. Strotmann, N. Shavit
14. Carbon Dioxide
Metabolism in Photosynthesis
I.S. Sheoran, R.
Singh
Section IV: Light Stress
15. Acclimation of Photosynthesis
to the Environment
B.A. Logan, et al.
16. How
Higher Plants Respond to Excess Light: Energy
Dissipation in Photosystem II
A.M. Gilmore,
Govindjee
17. Photoregulation and
Photoprotection of the Photosystem II Reaction
Centre Heterodimer
I.S. Booij, et al.
18.
Molecular Adaptation to Irradiance: The Dual
Functionality of Photosystem II
C. Critchley
19. UV-Effects on Plants
M. Tevini
Section V: Other Stress Factors
20. Elevated Temperature
Stress Effects on Photosystems: Characterization
and Evaluation of the Nature of Heat Induced
Impairments
N.G. Bukhov, P.K. Mohanty
21. Salt
Tolerance Engineering Which Are the Essential
Mechanisms
H.J. Bohnert, et al.
22. Oxidative
Stress in Photodynamic Herbicidal Action of
5-aminolevulinic Acid
B.C. Tripathy, G.S.
Singhal
Section VI: Chloroplast Molecular Biology and Regulation
23. Molecular
Biology of Chloroplast Genome
N. Tuteja, K.K.
Tewari
24. Regulation of Plastid Gene
Expression
A.K. Tyagi. Section VII:
Photoreceptors and Functions
25. Phytochromes:
Molecular Structure, Photoreceptor Process and
Physiological Function
V.A. Sineshchekov
26.
Blue Light Perception and Signal Transduction in
Higher Plants
J.P. Khurana, K. Poff
27. UV-B
Effects in Plants, Receptors and Targets
L.O.
Bjorn
Section VIII: Photoresponses and Molecular Mechanism
28. Photomorphogenesis in
Lower Plants
J. Hughes, E. Hartmann
29. The
Photoperiodic Control of Plant Reproduction
S.D. Jackson, B. Thomas
30. Light Signal
Transduction and Nuclear Gene Expression
S.K.
Sopory, et al.
31. Use of Mutants and
Transgenics in Understanding Photomorphogenesis
R. Sharma, R.E. Kendrick.
Springer (Kluwer Academic Publishers), Dordrecht
Co-publication with Narosa Publishing House
Hardbound, ISBN 0-7923-5519-9
May 1999, 1019 pp.
NLG 480.00 / USD 288.00 / GBP 168.00
No sales rights in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Africa and the Middle East
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