| Concepts
in Photobiology: Photosynthesis and Photomorphogenesis |
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Edited by: G.S Singhal - School of Life Sciences: Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Dehli, India. G. Renger - Technische Universitaet: Berlin, Germany. S.K Sopory - International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India. K-D. Irrgang - Technische Universitaet, Berlin, Germany. Govindjee - Center of Biophysics & Computational Biology: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. |
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The present book brings together, and integrates, various aspects
of photosynthesis, biology of pigments, light regulation of
chloroplast development, nuclear and chloroplast gene expression,
light signal transduction, other photomorphogenetic processes,
and some photoecological aspects under one cover.
The coverage is comprehensive and includes a wide range of
"hot topics" currently under investigation in the
fields of photobiology of cyanobacteria, algae, and plants.
Authors to this volume are select international authorities in
their fields from the USA, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The book
is designed primarily to be used as a text book by graduates and
postgraduates. It is, however, also intended to be a resource
book for new researchers in plant photobiology. Several
introductory chapters are designed as suitable reading for
undergraduate courses in integrative and molecular biology,
biochemistry, and biophysics.
Contents and Contributors
Foreward
Preface
1. Introduction to
Photobiology, Photosynthesis, and Photomorphogenesis
G. Renger, S.K. Sopory, G.S. Singhal, K-D. Irrgang, and Govindjee
Part A: Photosynthesis
2. The Photosynthetic Process
J. Whitmarsh and Govindjee
3. Basic Principles of
Photophysics and Photochemistry
G. Renger
4. Models of the Light
Reaction of Photosynthesis
G.R. Seely and G. Tollin
5. Structure and
Function of Phycobilisomes
M.Mimuro, H. Kikuchi, and A. Murakami
6. Architecture of the
Thylakoid Membrane
P. Fromme
7. Biology of
Photosystem I: Structural Aspects
P. Manna and P.R. Chitnis
8. Function and
Molecular Genetics of Photosystem I
D.F. Ghanotakis, G. Tsiotis, and T.M. Bricker
9. Polypeptides of
Photosystem II: Structure and Function
G. Renger
10. Mechanism of
Photosynthetic Water Cleavage
W. Ruettinger and G.C. Dismukes
11. Synthetic Catalyst
for Non-biological Water Oxidation: Comparison to the
Photosynthetic Water Complex
W. Ruettinger and G.C. Dismukes
12. The Electrochemical
Properties of the Thylakoid Membrane
J.F.H.Snel and W.I. Vredenberg
13. Photophosphorylation
H. Strotmann and N. Shavit
14. Carbon Dioxide
Metabolism in Photosynthesis
I.S. Sheoran and R. Singh
Part B: Stress Response
15. Acclimation of
Photosynthesis to the Environment
B.A. Logan, et al.
16. How Higher Plants
Respond to Excess Light: Energy Dissipation in Photosystem II
A.M. Gilmore and Govindjee
17. Photoregulation and
Photoprotection of the Photosystem II Reaction Centre Heterodimer
I.S. Booij, et al.
18. Molecular Adaptation
to Irradiance: The Dual Functionality of Photosystem II
C. Critchley
19. UV-Effects on Plants
M. Tevini
20. Elevated Temperature
Stress Effects on Photosystems: Characterization and Evaluation
of the Nature of Heat Induced Impairments
N.G. Bukhov and P.K. Mohanty
21. Salt Tolerance
Engineering Which Are the Essential Mechanisms
H.J. Bohnert, et al.
22. Oxidative Stress in
Photodynamic Herbicidal Action of 5-aminolevulinic Acid
B.C. Tripathy and G.S. Singhal
Part C: Gene Regulation and
Photomorphogenesis
23. Molecular Biology of
Chloroplast Genome
N. Tuteja and K.K. Tewari
24. Regulation of
Plastid Gene Expression
A.K. Tyagi.
25. Phytochromes:
Molecular Structure, Photoreceptor Process and Physiological
Function
V.A. Sineshchekov
26. #051FB0 Light
Perception and Signal Transduction in Higher Plants
J.P. Khurana and K. Poff
27. UV-B Effects in
Plants, Receptors and Targets
L.O. Bjorn
28. Photomorphogenesis
in Lower Plants
J. Hughes and E. Hartmann
29. The Photoperiodic
Control of Plant Reproduction
S.D. Jackson and B. Thomas
30. Light Signal
Transduction and Nuclear Gene Expression
S.K. Sopory, et al.
31. Use of Mutants and
Transgenics in Understanding Photomorphogenesis
R. Sharma and R.E. Kendrick.
Kluwer Academic Publishers,
Dordrecht
Co-publication with Narosa Publishing House
Hardbound, ISBN 0-7923-5519-9
May 1999, 1019 pp.
NLG 480.00 / USD 288.00 / GBP 168.00
No sales rights in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal,
Bhutan, Africa and the Middle East
Send mail to Govindjee
(gov@uiuc.edu)
Last page update: 18 September 1999
