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Chlamydomonas Book

The Molecular Biology of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria in Chlamydomonas

Edited by


J.-D. Rochaix, Université de Genève
M. Goldschmidt-Clermont, Université de Genève
S. Merchant, University of California, Los Angeles

The Molecular Biology of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria in Chlamydomonas provides a comprehensive coverage of chloroplast and mitochondrial biogenesis and function. The book presents the current status of research on the molecular genetics of chloroplast gene expression. It describes the intricate cooperative interplay between the chloroplast and nuclear compartments which underlies the assembly of the photosynthetic apparatus. It also shows the power of chloroplast reverse genetics which has been used with considerable success to investigate structure­function relationships in several photosynthetic complexes. The book highlights the features of Chlamydomonas and the technological advances which make the alga uniquely suited to a multidisciplinary approach to studying photosynthesis and its regulation under various environmental and stress conditions. The book is intended for a wide audience, but is specifically designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and researchers in the fields of biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology, biophysics, plant biology, phycology and biotechnology.

Contents and Contributors:

1. Introduction to Chlamydomonas
Elizabeth H. Harris

2. Perspectives on Early Research on Photosynthesis in Chlamydomonas
Robert K. Togasaki and Stefan J. Surzycki

3. Organization of the Nuclear Genome
Carolyn D. Silflow

4. Nuclear Transformation: Technology and Applications
Karen L. Kindle

5. Modes and Tempos of Mitochondiral and Chloroplast Genome Evolution in Chlamydomonas: A Comparative Analysis
Aurora M. Nedelcu and Robert W. Lee

6. Uniparental Inheritance of Chloroplast Genomes
E. Virginia Armbrust

7. Replication, Recombination, and Repair in the Chloroplast Genetic System of Chlamydomonas
Barbara B. Sears

8. Chloroplast Transformation and Reverse Genetics
Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont

9. Chloroplast RNA Stability
Jörg Nickelsen

10. Chloroplast RNA Synthesis and Processing
David B. Stern and Robert G. Drager

11. RNA Splicing in the Chloroplast
David L. Herrin, Tai-Chih Kuo and Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont

12. Regulation of Chloroplast Translation
Charles R. Hauser, Nicholas W. Gillham and John E. Boynton

13. Chloroplast Protein Translocation
Mireille C. Perret, Karen K. Bernd and Bruce D. Kohorn

14. Supramolecular Organization of the Chloroplast and of the Thylakoid Membranes
Jacqueline Olive and Francis-André Wollman

15. Assembly of Photosystem II
Jeanne Marie Erickson

16. Functional Analysis of Photosystem II
Stuart V. Ruffle and Richard T. Sayre

17. Structure and Function of Photosystem I
Andrew N. Webber and Scott E. Bingham

18. Reexamining the Validity of the Z-Scheme: Is Photosystem I Required for Oxygenic Photosynthesis in Chlamydomonas?
Kevin Redding and Gilles Peltier

19. Assembly of Light-Harvesting Systems
J. Kenneth Hoober, Hyoungshin Park, Gregory R. Wolfe, Yutaka Komine and Laura L. Eggink

20. Pigment Biosynthesis: Chlorophylls, Heme, and Carotenoids
Michael P. Timko

21. Glycerolipids: Composition, Biosynthesis and Function in Chlamydomonas
Antoine Trémolières

22. In vivo Measurements of Photosynthetic Activity: Methods
Pierre Joliot, Daniel Béal and René Delosme

23. New Digital Imaging Instrument for Measuring Fluorescence and Delayed Luminescence
Pierre Bennoun and Daniel Béal

24. The Structure, Function and Biogenesis of Cytochrome b6f Complexes
Francis-André Wollman

25. Assembly and Function of the Chloroplast ATP Synthase
Heinrich Strotmann, Noun Shavit and Stefan Leu

26. Molecular Aspects of Components of the Ferredoxin/Thioredoxin Systems
Jean-Pierre Jacquot, Mariana Stein, Stéphane Lemaire, Paulette Decottignies, Pierre Le Maréchal and Jean-Mark Lancelin

27. Genetic Engineering of Rubisco
Robert J. Spreitzer

28. CO2 Acquisition. Acclimation of Changing Carbon Availability
Martin H. Spalding

29. Regulation of Starch Biosynthesis
Steven G. Ball

30. State Transition and Photoinhibition
Nir Keren and Itzhak Ohad

31. Synthesis of Metalloproteins Involved in Photosynthesis: Plastocyanin and Cytochromes
Sabeeha Merchant

32. Responses to Deficiencies in Macronutrients
John P. Davies and Arthur R. Grossman

33. Nitrogen Assimilation and its Regulation
Emilio Fernández, Aurora Galván and Alberto Quesada

34. Mitochondrial Genetics
Claire Remacle and René F. Matagne

35. Chlororespiration, Sixteen Years Later
Pierre Bennoun

36. Perspectives
Lauren J. Mets and Jean-David Rochaix


Springer (Kluwer Academic Publishers), Dordrecht
July, 1998, 760 pp.
Hardbound, ISBN 0-7923-5174-6
NLG 595.00 / USD 320.00 / GBP 199.00

Volume 7 in the series: Advances in Photosynthesis, Govindjee, series editor.

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