Read more
A major new edition of this highly successful, authoritative, superbly illustrated text Distinguished, internationally renowned Editors Completely revised with over half of the chapters having a major rewrite Includes two new chapters on signal transduction and responses to pathogens.
List of contents
The Editors xi
List of Contributors xii
Preface xv
About the Companion Website xvi
COMPARTMENTS
1 Membrane Structure and Membranous Organelles 2
Introduction 2
1.1 Common properties and inheritance of cell membranes 2
1.2 The fluid?-mosaic membrane model 4
1.3 Plasma membrane 10
1.4 Endoplasmic reticulum 13
1.5 Golgi apparatus 18
1.6 Exocytosis and endocytosis 23
1.7 Vacuoles 27
1.8 The nucleus 28
1.9 Peroxisomes 31
1.10 Plastids 32
1.11 Mitochondria 39
Summary 44
2 The Cell Wall 45
Introduction 45
2.1 Sugars are building blocks of the cell wall 45
2.2 Macromolecules of the cell wall 51
2.3 Cell wall architecture 73
2.4 Cell wall biosynthesis and assembly 80
2.5 Growth and cell walls 90
2.6 Cell differentiation 99
2.7 Cell walls as sources of food, feed, fiber, and fuel, and their genetic improvement 108
Summary 110
3 Membrane Transport 111
Introduction 111
3.1 Overview of plant membrane transport systems 111
3.2 Pumps 120
3.3 Ion channels 128
3.4 Cotransporters 142
3.5 Water transport through aquaporins 146
Summary 148
4 Protein Sorting and Vesicle Traffic 151
Introduction 151
4.1 The cellular machinery of protein sorting 151
4.2 Targeting proteins to the plastids 153
4.3 Targeting proteins to mitochondria 157
4.4 Targeting proteins to peroxisomes 159
4.5 Transport in and out of the nucleus 160
4.6 ER is the secretory pathway port of entry and a protein nursery 161
4.7 Protein traffic and sorting in the secretory pathway: the ER 175
4.8 Protein traffic and sorting in the secretory pathway: the Golgi apparatus and beyond 182
4.9 Endocytosis and endosomal compartments 188
Summary 189
5 The Cytoskeleton 191
Introduction 191
5.1 Introduction to the cytoskeleton 191
5.2 Actin and tubulin gene families 194
5.3 Characteristics of actin filaments and microtubules 196
5.4 Cytoskeletal accessory proteins 202
5.5 Observing the cytoskeleton: Statics and dynamics 207
5.6 Role of actin filaments in directed intracellular movement 210
5.7 Cortical microtubules and expansion 216
5.8 The cytoskeleton and signal transduction 219
5.9 Mitosis and cytokinesis 222
Summary 238
CELL REPRODUCTION
6 Nucleic Acids 240
Introduction 240
6.1 Composition of nucleic acids and synthesis of nucleotides 240
6.2 Replication of nuclear DNA 245
6.3 DNA repair 250
6.4 DNA recombination 255
6.5 Organellar DNA 260
6.6 DNA transcription 268
6.7 Characteristics and functions of RNA 270
6.8 RNA processing 278
Summary 288
7 Amino Acids 289
Introduction 289
7.1 Amino acid biosynthesis in plants: research and prospects 289
7.2 Assimilation of inorganic nitrogen into N?-transport amino acids 292
7.3 Aromatic amino acids 302
7.4 Aspartate?-derived amino acids 318
7.5 Branched?-chain amino acids 326
7.6 Glutamate?-derived amino acids 330
7.7 Histidine 333
Summary 336
8 Lipids 336
Introduction 337
8.1 Structure and function of lipids 337
8.2 Fatty acid biosynthesis 344
<
About the author
EDITED BY
Bob B. Buchanan,
University of California, Berkeley, USA Wilhelm Gruissem,
ETH Zurich, Switzerland Russell L. Jones,
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Summary
* A major new edition of this highly successful, authoritative, superbly illustrated text * Distinguished, internationally renowned Editors * Completely revised with over half of the chapters having a major rewrite * Includes two new chapters on signal transduction and responses to pathogens .
Report
"Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2nd edition is a beast, but it's a user-friendly one that should be welcomed into one's life to provide much-appreciated companionship to further one's plant biology studies." (AoB Blog, 1 November 2015)
