Chloroplast biogenesis : from proplastid to gerontoplast /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Biswal, U. C.
Other Authors: Biswal, Basanti, Raval, Mukesh K. (Mukesh Kumar)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2003]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Plastid Forms, their Structural Flexibility, and Potential for Transformation
  • Chloroplast Biogenesis: Involvement of Three Plastid Forms
  • Design of the Book and the Limitations
  • Proplastid to Chloroplast Transformation
  • Development of Internal Membrane Structures
  • Thylakoid Formation and Pigment Accumulation
  • Biogenesis and Assembly of Light Harvesting Complex
  • Assembly of Individual Thylakoid Complexes
  • Rubisco Assembly
  • Chloroplast Protein Targeting
  • Temporal Appearance of Thylakoid Complexes
  • Factors Regulating Gene Expression During Chloroplast Development
  • Interorganellar Communication, Gene Expression, and Chloroplast Development
  • Environmental Modulation of Developing Chloroplast
  • Mature Chloroplast
  • Chloroplast Envelope
  • The Lamellae
  • Light Harvesting Complexes
  • Photosystems: Composition, Structural Organization, and Primary Photochemistry
  • Cytochrome b/f Complex: The Link Between the Photosystems
  • ATP Synthase: Structure and Mechanism of Action
  • The Calvin-Benson Cycle
  • Other Metabolic Processes in Mature Chloroplast
  • Chloroplast Under Stress
  • Transformation of Chloroplast to Gerontoplast
  • Introduction
  • Senescence Induced Degradation of Thylakoid Proteins, Loss of Pigments, and Ultrastructural Changes of Membranes
  • Senescence Induced Changes in Electron Transport Complexes and Rubisco
  • Chloroplast to Gerontoplast Transformation is Accompanied by the Changes in the Pattern of Gene Expression in Leaves
  • Senescence Signals and Other Regulating Factors.