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Table des matières
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
8.3 Acetyl?-CoA carboxylase 348
8.4 Fatty acid synthase 350
8.5 Desaturation and elongation of C16 and C18 fatty acids 352
8.6 Synthesis of unusual fatty acids 360
8.7 Synthesis of membrane lipids 365
8.8 Function of membrane lipids 373
8.9 Synthesis and function of extracellular lipids 382
8.10 Synthesis and catabolism of storage lipids 389
8.11 Genetic engineering of lipids 395
Summary 400
9 Genome Structure and Organization 401
Introduction 401
9.1 Genome structure: a 21st?]century perspective 401
9.2 Genome organization 404
9.3 Transposable elements 416
9.4 Gene expression 422
9.5 Chromatin and the epigenetic regulation of gene expression 430
Summary 436
10 Protein Synthesis, Folding, and Degradation 438
Introduction 438
10.1 Organellar compartmentalization of protein synthesis 438
10.2 From RNA to protein 439
10.3 Mechanisms of plant viral translation 447
10.4 Protein synthesis in plastids 450
10.5 Post?-translational modification of proteins 457
10.6 Protein degradation 463
Summary 475
11 Cell
Commentaire
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