Research Catalog

Title

Plant metabolism.

Publication

Harlow : Longman, 1997.

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Additional Authors

Dennis, David T.

Description

xi, 631 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Uniform Title

Plant physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology.

Subjects

• Plant molecular biology
• Plants > Metabolism
• Botanical chemistry
• Plant physiology

Note

• Previous ed.: published as Plant physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology / edited by David T. Dennis and David H. Turpin. 1990.

Contents

• I. The Control of Metabolism. 1. Fundamentals of gene structure and control / D. D. Lefebvre and K. S. Gellatly. 2. Protein synthesis in plant cells / K. Ko. 3. Protein degradation / P. M. Hatfield and R. S. Vierstra. 4. Molecular biology of development / P. McCourt and K. Keith. 5. Metabolic regulation / W. C. Plaxton. 6. Regulation by compartmentation / M. J. Emes and D. T. Dennis -- II. Cytosolic Carbon Metabolism. 7. Carbohydrate synthesis and degradation / N. J. Kruger. 8. Glycolysis, the pentose phosphate pathway and anaerobic respiration / D. T. Dennis, Y. Huang and F. B. Negm. 9. Structure and biosynthesis of plant cell walls / N. Carpita. 10. Metabolism of defence and communication / B. E. Ellis -- III. Mitochondrial Metabolism. 11. Mitochondrial structure / W. Newcomb. 12. The mitochondrial genome and its expression / L. Bonen and M. W. Gray. 13. Carbon metabolism in mitochondria / S. A. Hill.
• 14. Oxidation of mitochondrial NADH and the synthesis of ATP / H. Lambers -- IV. Mitochondrial-Cytosol Interactions. 15. Protein import into the mitochondrion / K. B. Freeman, R. Hartlen and D. L. Inglis. 16. Metabolite exchange between the mitochondrion and the cytosol / R. Douce, S. Aubert and M. Neuburger -- V. Photosynthesis. 17. Plastid structure and development / W. Newcomb. 18. Molecular biology of photosynthesis in higher plants / J. E. Mullet. 19. The formation of ATP and reducing power in the light / B. B. Prezelin and N. B. Nelson. 20. Ribulose 1,5-biphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase: mechanism, activation and regulation / K. A. Mott. 21. The reductive pentose phosphate pathway and its regulation / F. D. Macdonald and B. B. Buchanan. 22. Photorespiration and CO[subscript 2]-concentrating mechanisms / D. T. Canvin and C. Salon. 23. Metabolite transport and photosynthetic regulation in C4 and CAM plants / R. C. Leegood, S. von Caemmerer and C. B. Osmond --
• VI. Chloroplast-Cytosol Interactions. 24. Transport of proteins into chloroplasts / K. Keegstra. 25. The flux of carbon between the chloroplast and cytoplasm / M. Stitt -- VII. The Formation and Breakdown of Lipids. 26. The structure and formation of microbodies / A. Baker, C. Halpin and J. M. Lord. 27. Fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis and degradation / K. Schmid, J. Andrews and J. Ohlrogge. 28. Terpene biosynthesis and metabolism / C. A. West -- VIII. Nitrogen Metabolism. 29. The molecular biology of N metabolism / C. P. Vance. 30. Amino acid and ureide biosynthesis / R. Ireland. 31. The physiology and biochemistry of legume N[subscript 2] fixation / D. B. Layzell and C. A. Atkins -- IX. Assimilate Partitioning and Storage. 32. Interactions between photosynthesis, respiration and nitrogen assimilation / D. H. Turpin, H. G. Weger and H. C. Huppe. 33. Regulation of the transport of nitrogen and carbon in higher plants / M. B. Peoples and R. M. Gifford.
• 34. Protein storage and utilization in seeds / R. Casey, J. D. Bewley and J. S. Greenwood -- X. Prospects for Plant Improvement. 35. Fundamentals of gene transfer in plants / B. L. A. Miki and V. N. Iyer. 36. The manipulation of resource allocation in plants / S. Blakeley. 37. The biochemical basis for crop improvement / W. D. Hitz and J. W. Pierce.

ISBN

0582259061 (pbk)

LCCN

gb 97025959

OCLC

ocm36760965

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries