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Advances in botanical research. Volume 27. Classic papers /

Articles in this Classic Papers volume are rewritten, up-dated and extended versions of papers published in previous volumes of Advances in Botanical Research, chosen because of the high citation of the original papers and the increase of knowledge in the field today. Boulter and Croy discuss the st...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Callow, J. A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego : Academic Press, 1997.
Colección:Advances in botanical research ; v. 27
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  • Front Cover; Advances in Botanical Research: incorporating Advances in Plant Pathology; Copyright Page; Contents; CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 27; CONTENTS OF VOLUMES 16-26; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter 1. The Structure and Biosynthesis of Legume Seed Storage Proteins: A Biological Solution to the Storage of Nitrogen in Seeds; I. Introduction; II. What are Legume Seed Storage Proteins?; III. Why More than One Storage Protein?; IV. Nomenclature; V. Vicilin; VI. Legumins; VII. The 2S Albumins and Globulins; VIII. Synthesis, Processing, Intracellular Targeting and Deposition of Storage Proteins
  • IX. Storage Proteins as Part of the Process of Seed FormationX. Storage Protein Genes; XI. Structural Features and Constraints Related to Function; XII. Biotechnology: Genetic Engineering of Storage Proteins for Improved Characteristics; XIII. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2. Inorganic Carbon Acquisition by Marine Autotrophs; I. Introduction; II. Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Ecology of Marine Autotrophs; III. Carboxylation Enzymes and Their Quantitative Functions; IV. The Physics and Chemistry of Inorganic C in Seawater
  • V. Gas Exchange: Relation to Carboxylation and Inorganic C Transport MechanismsVI. Direct Evidence on the Occurrence of CO2-concentrating Mechanisms; VII. Transport of Inorganic C from the Bulk Medium to RUBISCO; VIII. Carbon Isotope Discrimination; IX. The Roles of Carboxysomes, Pyrenoids and Vacuoles; X. Calcification and Carboxylation; XI. Inorganic C Acquisition by Emersed Intertidal Macrophytes; XII. Influence of Inorganic C Supply on Marine Inorganic C Assimilation Rates; XIII. Evolution of RUBISCO-based Inorganic C Acquisition in Marine Autotrophs; XIV. Conclusions; Acknowledgements
  • V. Supramolecular Light-harvesting SystemsVI. The Role of Carotenoids in Light-harvesting and Photoprotection; VII. Synthesis of Light-harvesting Proteins and its Control; VIII. Phylogenetic Implications; IX. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 5. Plant Transposable Elements; I. Introduction; II. Transposon Classes and Families; III. Retrotransposons in Plants; IV. DNA Transposable Elements (TEs); V. Transposable Elements as Genetic Tools; VI. Transposons and Evolution; Acknowledgements; References; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX