Biochemistry & molecular biology of plants /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex :
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd,
2015.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Brief Contents; Contents; The Editors; List of Contributors; Preface; About the Companion Website; PART I COMPARTMENTS; Chapter 1 Membrane Structure and Membranous Organelles; Introduction; 1.1 Common properties and inheritance of cell membranes; 1.2 The fluid-mosaic membrane model; 1.3 Plasma membrane; 1.4 Endoplasmic reticulum; 1.5 Golgi apparatus; 1.6 Exocytosis and endocytosis; 1.7 Vacuoles; 1.8 The nucleus; 1.9 Peroxisomes; 1.10 Plastids; 1.11 Mitochondria; Summary; Chapter 2 The Cell Wall; Introduction; 2.1 Sugars are building blocks of the cell wall
- 2.2 Macromolecules of the cell wall; 2.3 Cell wall architecture; 2.4 Cell wall biosynthesis and assembly; 2.5 Growth and cell walls; 2.6 Cell differentiation; 2.7 Cell walls as sources of food, feed, fiber, and fuel, and their genetic improvement; Summary; Chapter 3 Membrane Transport; Introduction; 3.1 Overview of plant membrane transport systems; 3.2 Pumps; 3.3 Ion channels; 3.4 Cotransporters; 3.5 Water transport through aquaporins; Summary; Chapter 4 Protein Sorting and Vesicle Traffic; Introduction; 4.1 The cellular machinery of protein sorting; 4.2 Targeting proteins to the plastids
- 4.3 Targeting proteins to mitochondria; 4.4 Targeting proteins to peroxisomes; 4.5 Transport in and out of the nucleus; 4.6 ER is the secretory pathway port of entry and a protein nursery; 4.7 Protein traffic and sorting in the secretory pathway: the ER; 4.8 Protein traffic and sorting in the secretory pathway: the Golgi apparatus and beyond; 4.9 Endocytosis and endosomal compartments; Summary; Chapter 5 The Cytoskeleton; Introduction; 5.1 Introduction to the cytoskeleton; 5.2 Actin and tubulin gene families; 5.3 Characteristics of actin filaments and microtubules
- 5.4 Cytoskeletal accessory proteins; 5.5 Observing the cytoskeleton: Statics and dynamics; 5.6 Role of actin filaments in directed intracellular movement; 5.7 Cortical microtubules and expansion; 5.8 The cytoskeleton and signal transduction; 5.9 Mitosis and cytokinesis; Summary; PART II CELL REPRODUCTION; Chapter 6 Nucleic Acids; Introduction; 6.1 Composition of nucleic acids and synthesis of nucleotides; 6.2 Replication of nuclear DNA; 6.3 DNA repair; 6.4 DNA recombination; 6.5 Organellar DNA; 6.6 DNA transcription; 6.7 Characteristics and functions of RNA; 6.8 RNA processing; Summary
- Chapter 7 Amino Acids; Introduction; 7.1 Amino acid biosynthesis in plants: research and prospects; 7.2 Assimilation of inorganic nitrogen into N-transport amino acids; 7.3 Aromatic amino acids; 7.4 Aspartate-derived amino acids; 7.5 Branched-chain amino acids; 7.6 Glutamate-derived amino acids; 7.7 Histidine; Summary; Chapter 8 Lipids; Introduction; 8.1 Structure and function of lipids; 8.2 Fatty acid biosynthesis; 8.3 Acetyl-CoA carboxylase; 8.4 Fatty acid synthase; 8.5 Desaturation and elongation of C16 and C18 fatty acids; 8.6 Synthesis of unusual fatty acids