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Advances in genetics. Volume 28, Genomic responses to environmental stress /

ADVANCES IN GENETICS VOLUME 28.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sandalios, John G. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; London : Academic Press, �1990.
Colección:Advances in genetics ; v. 28.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Genomic Responses to EnvironmentaI Stress; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors to Volume 28; Preface; Chapter 1. Response of Plant Antioxidant Defense Genes to Environmental Stress; I. Introduction; II. Oxygen and Oxygenation of the Earth; III. Active Oxygen and Oxygen Toxicity; IV. Biology of Oxy Intermediates; V. Oxy-Intermediate Defense Systems; VI. Oxidative Stress; VII. Intracellular Concentration of Oxygen and Maize Photosynthesis; VIII. Gene Expression and Response of Plants to Environmentally Imposed Stress
  • IX. Translational and Transcriptional Regulation of Gene ExpressionX. Maize Catalase Gene-Enzyme System; XI. Maize Superoxide Dismutase Gene-Enzyme System; XII. Catalase and Superoxide Dismutase Gene Expression in Response to Environmental Stress; XIII. Molecular Biology; XIV. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 2. Genetic Analysis of Oxygen Defense Mechanisms in Drosophila melanogaster; I. Introduction; II. Oxygen Toxicity; III. General Antioxidant Defense Systems; IV. Genetic Approaches in Drosophila; V. Analysis of Oxygen Defense Mechanisms in Drosophila
  • VI. Associated Biological PhenomenaReferences; Chapter 3. DNA Rearrangements in Response to Environmental Stress; I. Introduction; II. Genome Size and Organization; III. Life History Considerations; IV. Rapid Genomic Changes; V. Environmentally Induced Heritable Changes in Flax; VI. Conclusions; References; Chapter 4. Molecular Genetics of Cold Acclimation in Higher Plants; I. Introduction; II. Biochemistry of Cold Acclimation; III. Genetics of Cold Acclimation; IV. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 5. Influence of Environmental Factors on Photosynthetic Genes; I. Introduction
  • II. Effect of Light on Photosynthetic GenesIII. Effect of Plastid Factors on Photosynthetic Genes; IV. Diurnal and Circadian Effects on Photosynthetic Genes; V. Effect of Nutritional Factors on Photosynthetic Genes; VI. Effect of Growth Regulators on Photosynthetic Genes; VII. Developmental Regulation of Photosynthetic Genes; VIII. Conclusions; References; Chapter 6. Activation, Structure, and Organization of Genes Involved in Microbial Defense in Plants; I. Introduction; II. Biochemistry of Induced Resistance; III. Gene Activation in Induced Defense
  • IV. Structure and Organization of Defense Response GenesV. Signal Transduction Pathways for Activation of Defense Response Genes; VI. Expression of Defense Response Genes in Transgenic Plants; References; Chapter 7. Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Heat-Shock Response; I. Introduction; II. Heat-Shock Protein Genes; III. Regulation of the Heat-Shock Response; IV. Functions of the Heat-Shock Proteins; V. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 8. Effects of Heat ond Chemical Stress on Development; I. Introduction; II. Developmental Defects Induced in vertebrates by Environmental Stress