Genomics of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria

✍ Scribed by Michael W. Gray, John M. Archibald (auth.), Ralph Bock, Volker Knoop (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 511
Series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration 35
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The past decade has witnessed an explosion of our knowledge on the structure, coding capacity and evolution of the genomes of the two DNA-containing cell organelles in plants: chloroplasts (plastids) and mitochondria. Comparative genomics analyses have provided new insights into the origin of organelles by endosymbioses and uncovered an enormous evolutionary dynamics of organellar genomes. In addition, they have greatly helped to clarify phylogenetic relationships, especially in algae and early land plants with limited morphological and anatomical diversity. This book, written by leading experts, summarizes our current knowledge about plastid and mitochondrial genomes in all major groups of algae and land plants. It also includes chapters on endosymbioses, plastid and mitochondrial mutants, gene expression profiling and methods for organelle transformation. The book is designed for students and researchers in plant molecular biology, taxonomy, biotechnology and evolutionary biology.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Origins of Mitochondria and Plastids....Pages 1-30
Secondary and Tertiary Endosymbiosis and Kleptoplasty....Pages 31-58
Plastid Genomes of Algae....Pages 59-87
Plastomes of Bryophytes, Lycophytes and Ferns....Pages 89-102
Plastid Genomes of Seed Plants....Pages 103-126
Mitochondrial Genomes of Algae....Pages 127-157
Conservative and Dynamic Evolution of Mitochondrial Genomes in Early Land Plants....Pages 159-174
Seed Plant Mitochondrial Genomes: Complexity Evolving....Pages 175-200
Promiscuous Organellar DNA....Pages 201-221
Horizontal Gene Transfer in Eukaryotes: Fungi-to-Plant and Plant-to-Plant Transfers of Organellar DNA....Pages 223-235
Plastome Mutants of Higher Plants....Pages 237-266
Plant Mitochondrial Mutations....Pages 267-291
Land Plant RNA Editing or: Don’t Be Fooled by Plant Organellar DNA Sequences....Pages 293-321
Expression Profiling of Organellar Genes....Pages 323-355
Organellar Proteomics: Close Insights into the Spatial Breakdown and Functional Dynamics of Plant Primary Metabolism....Pages 357-378
Plastid Transformation in Algae....Pages 379-392
Plastid Transformation in Flowering Plants....Pages 393-414
Reverse Genetics in Flowering Plant Plastids....Pages 415-441
Transformation and Nucleic Acid Delivery to Mitochondria....Pages 443-458
Back Matter....Pages 459-475

✦ Subjects

Plant Sciences; Plant Genetics & Genomics; Evolutionary Biology; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Plant Physiology; Cell Biology

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