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For those working and interested in the field of chloroplast ribosomes, an ideal overview is provided by this text. Topics covered include: Plastid rRNAs and tRNAs; Structure, Organization and Expression of Their Genes; Plastid Ribosomal Proteins and Their Genes in Higher Plants; Plastid Ribosomes and Factors of Algae and of Cyanelles; Functional Aspects; Physiological Aspects. Stressed is the fact that biosynthesis and function of the translational apparatus relies upon two separate genetic systems and thus produce particular regulatory problems with fundamental significance. The evolutionary kinship of chloroplast and prokaryotic ribosomes is described as are some differences between them.
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Plastid rRNAs and rRNAs: Structure, Organization and Expression of their Genes.- 1 - Structure and Expression of rRNA Genes.- 2 - Ribosomal RNA Genes and Pseudogenes of the Bi-Molecular Plastid Genome of the Brown Alga Pylaiella littoralis.- 3 - The Solution Structure of Spinach Chloroplast and of Xenopus laevis Oocyte 5S rRNAs.- 4 - Chloroplast tRNAs and tRNA Genes: Structure and Function.- Plastid Ribosomal Proteins and their Genes in Higher Plants.- A. Chloroplast Encoded Genes.- Chapters 5 - Chloroplast Genes Coding for Ribosomal Proteins in Land Plants.- 6 - The Evolution of Genes and Pseudogenes for Some Chloroplast Ribosomal Proteins. Transposition and Recombination Lead to Different Fates in Different Genomes.- 7 - Expression of Nuclear and Chloroplast Genes Coding for Tobacco Chloroplast Ribosomal Proteins.- B. Nuclear Encoded Genes.- 8 - Nuclear-Coded Chloroplast r-Proteins, Precursor cDNA Clones and Transit Sequences.- 9 - Comparative Analysis of Four Different cDNA Clones Encoding Chloroplast Ribosomal Proteins.- 10 - Two Gene Families Encoding Cytoplasmic Ribosomal Proteins in Barley.- Plastid Ribosomes and Factors of Algae and of Cyanelle.- 11 - Molecular Genetics of Chloroplast Ribosomes in Chlamydomonas.- 12 - Chloroplast Ribosomal Protein Operons of Euglena gracilis.- 13 - rps10 and 6 Other Ribosomal Protein Genes from the S10/spc- Operon Not Encountered on Higher Plant Plastid DNA are Located on the Cyanelle Genome of Cyanophora paradoxa.- Functional aspects.- 14 - Interaction of Streptomycin with 16S rRNA of Chloroplasts and E. coli.- 15 - The Structure of the Antibiotic Binding Sites in Bacterial Ribosomes.- 16 - Recent Progress on Understanding the Initiation of Translation in the Chloroplasts of Euglena gracilis.-Physiological Aspects.- 17 - The Effects of Chlorophyll Photooxidation on Nuclear-Encoded Plastid Ribosomal Protein mRNAs in Norflurazon-Treated Pea Seedlings.- 18 - Heat-Induced Ribosome-Deficiency of Plastids. Mechanism and Applications.- 19 - Regulation of Protein Synthesis in Chloroplasts of Chlamydomonas reinhardii.- List of Participants to the NATO Workshop and of Contributors to this Volume.
