The Chloroplast

1. Chapter 1 Investigation of Possible Relationships Between the Chlorophyll Biosynthetic Pathway, the Assembly of Chlorophyll–Protein Complexes and Photosynthetic Efficiency
Constantin A. Rebeiz

2. Chapter 2 Evidence for Various 4-Vinyl Reductase Activities in Higher Plants
Vladimir L. Kolossov, Constantin A. Rebeiz

3. Chapter 3 Control of the Metabolic Flow in Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis: Regulation of Expression and Activity of Enzymes in the Mg Branch of Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis
Bernhard Grimm

4. Chapter 4 Regulation and Functions of the Chlorophyll Cycle
Ryouichi Tanaka, Hisashi Ito, Ayumi Tanaka

5. Chapter 5 Magnesium Chelatase
C. Gamini Kannangara, Diter Wettstein

6. Chapter 6 The Enigmatic Chlorophyll a Molecule in the Cytochrome b
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William A. Cramer, Sergei Savikhin, Jiusheng Yan, E. Yamashita

7. Chapter 7 The Non-mevalonate DOXP/MEP (Deoxyxylulose 5-Phosphate/Methylerythritol 4-Phosphate) Pathway of Chloroplast Isoprenoid and Pigment Biosynthesis
Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler

8. Chapter 8 The Methylerythritol 4-Phosphate Pathway: Regulatory Role in Plastid Isoprenoid Biosynthesis
Albert Boronat

9. Chapter 9 The Role of Plastids in Protein Geranylgeranylation in Tobacco BY-2 Cells
Esther Gerber, Andréa Hemmerlin, Thomas J. Bach

10. Chapter 10 The Role of the Methyl-Erythritol-Phosphate (MEP)Pathway in Rhythmic Emission of Volatiles
Dinesh A. Nagegowda, David Rhodes, Natalia Dudareva

11. Chapter 11 Tocochromanols: Biological Function and Recent Advances to Engineer Plastidial Biochemistry for Enhanced Oil Seed Vitamin E Levels
Henry E. Valentin, Qi Qungang

12. Chapter 12 The Anionic Chloroplast Membrane Lipids: Phosphatidylglycerol and Sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol
Christoph Benning

13. Chapter 13 Biosynthesis and Function of Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG), the Signature Lipid of Chloroplasts
Yuki Nakamura, Mie Shimojima, Hiroyuki Ohta, Koichi Shimojima

14. Chapter 14 Synthesis and Function of the Galactolipid Digalactosyldiacylglycerol
Peter Dörmann

15. Chapter 15 The Chemistry and Biology of Light-Harvesting Complex II and Thylakoid Biogenesis: raison d’etre of Chlorophylls b and c

J. Kenneth Hoober, Laura L. Eggink, Min Chen, Anthony W. D. Larkum

16. Chapter 16 Folding and Pigment Binding of Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll a/b Protein (LHCIIb)
Harald Paulsen, Christoph Dockter, Aleksei Volkov, Gunnar Jeschke

17. Chapter 17 The Plastid Genome as a Platform for the Expression of Microbial Resistance Genes
Tracey A. Ruhlman, Jeffrey W. Cary, Kanniah Rajasekaran

18. Chapter 18 Chloroplast Genetic Engineering: A Novel Technology for Agricultural Biotechnology and Bio-pharmaceutical Industry
N. D. Singh, H. Daniell

19. Chapter 19 Engineering the Sunflower Rubisco Subunits into Tobacco Chloroplasts: New Considerations
Robert E. Sharwood, Spencer M. Whitney

20. Chapter 20 Engineering Photosynthetic Enzymes Involved in CO2–Assimilation by Gene Shuffling
Genhai Zhu, Itzhak Kurek, Lu Liu

21. Chapter 21 Elevated CO2 and Ozone: Their Effects on Photosynthesis
Ruth Grene, Pinghua Li, Hans J. Bohnert

22. Chapter 22 Regulation of Photosynthetic Electron Transport
Toshiharu Shikanai

23. Chapter 23 Mechanisms of Drought and High Light Stress Tolerance Studied in a Xerophyte, Citrullus lanatus (Wild Watermelon)
Yoshihiko Nanasato, Chikahiro Miyake, Kentaro Takahara, Kaori Kohzuma, Yuri Nakajima Munekage, Akiho Yokota, Kinya Akashi

24. Chapter 24 Antioxidants and Photo-oxidative Stress Responses in Plants and Algae
Anchalee Sirikhachornkit, Krishna K. Niyogi

25. Chapter 25 Singlet Oxygen-Induced Oxidative Stress in Plants
Baishnab C. Tripathy, Gopal K. Pattanayak

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