Plant Molecular Biology
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
1988.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 1988. |
| Series: | Tertiary Level Biology
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9649-2 |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Organization of Nuclear DNA
- 1.1 The nucleus and chromatin organization
- 1.2 DNA replication
- 1.3 Nuclear DNA amounts and the C-value paradox
- 1.4 Organization of DNA sequences
- 1.5 Satellite DNAs
- 1.6 Nucleolar genes for rRNA
- 1.7 Function of repeated DNA sequences
- 1.8 Genes coding for proteins
- 1.9 Genome variation
- 1.10 Transposable elements
- 2 Structure and Expression of Nuclear Genes
- 2.1 RNA polymerases
- 2.2 Transcription and processing of rRNA and tRNA
- 2.3 Synthesis and properties of mRNA
- 2.4 Regulatory signals in plant genes
- 2.5 RNA splicing
- 2.6 Post-translational modifications and the direction of proteins to different cellular compartments
- 2.7 Gene expression and plant development
- 3 The Plastome and Chloroplast Biogenesis
- 3.1 Plastid interrelationships
- 3.2 Chloroplast organization and function
- 3.3 Chloroplast genetics and the extent of plastid autonomy
- 3.4 Structure and function of the plastome
- 3.5 Chloroplast ribosomes and protein synthesis
- 3.6 Transcription and processing of chloroplast RNA
- 3.7 Transit peptides and the genetic specification of protein transport into chloroplasts
- 4 Mitochondrial DNA Organization and Function
- 4.1 Evolution and function of mitochondria
- 4.2 Plant mitochondrial DNA
- 4.3 Mitochondria] protein synthesis in vitro
- 4.4 Senescence in Podospora anserina
- 4.5 Mitochondrial DNA and cytoplasmic male sterility
- 4.6 Import of proteins into mitochondria
- 4.7 Conclusions
- 5 Regulation of Differential Gene Expression During Plant Development
- 5.1 Differential regulation of gene expression
- 5.2 Seed development and germination
- 5.3 Effect of light on the synthesis of chloroplast proteins
- 5.4 Ethylene, senescence, and fruit ripening
- 5.5 Responses to stress
- 5.6 Conclusions
- 6 Gene Expression During Development of Nitrogen-Fixing Root Nodules
- 6.1 Rhizobium recognition of legume roots and elicitation of nodule development
- 6.2 Nitrogen fixation in root nodules
- 6.3 Genetic determinants of nodule formation
- 6.4 Functions of Rhizobium genes in nodule development
- 6.5 Plant nodulin genes
- 6.6 Time-course of nodule gene expression
- 6.7 Prospects
- 7 Genetic Transformation of Plants by Agrobacterium
- 7.1 Characteristics of tumour induction and growth
- 7.2 Tumour-inducing (Ti) plasmids
- 7.3 Genetic organization of the Ti plasmid
- 7.4 Activation of Ti plasmid genes controlling T-DNA mobilization
- 7.5 Functions encoded by integrated T-DNA
- 7.6 Agrobacterium rhizoyenes
- 7.7 Summary of the transformation process
- 7.8 Regeneration of Agrobacterium-transformed plants
- 7.9 Agrobacterium and Rhizobium
- 8 Plant Viruses
- 8.1 Biology of plant virus infections
- 8.2 Distribution of genome types among the plant viruses
- 8.3 Studying plant viruses
- 8.4 Expression strategies of RNA virus genomes
- 8.5 DNA viruses
- 8.6 Viroids and virusoids
- 8.7 Conclusions
- 9 Genetic Engineering of Plants
- 9.1 Plant breeding
- 9.2 Gene vectors
- 9.3 Agrobacterium Ti plasmid vectors
- 9.4 Plant virus vectors
- 9.5 Direct transformation
- 9.6 Chimaeric gene vectors
- 9.7 Genetically-engineered plants
- 9.8 Prospects
- References.