Eukaryotism and Symbiosis: Intertaxonic Combination versus Symbiotic Adaptation

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Origin and Evolution of Chloroplasts: Current Status and Future Perspectives....Pages 3-23
What’s Eating Eu? The Role of Eukaryote/Eukaryote Endosymbioses in Plastid Origins....Pages 24-39
The Complete Sequence of the Cyanelle Genome of Cyanophora paradoxa : The Genetic Complexity of a Primitive Plastid....Pages 40-48
Plastid-Like Organelles in Anaerobic Mastigotes and Parasitic Apicomplexans....Pages 49-56
Complete Mitochondrial DNA Sequence of Budding yeast Hansenula wingei Indicates its Intermediary Characteristics Between Those of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi....Pages 57-62
Biogenesis of Hydrogenosomes in Psalteriomonas lanterna : No Evidence for an Exogenosomal Ancestry....Pages 63-70
Eukaryotism, Towards a New Interpretation....Pages 73-118
Obituary: Hans Kössel (1934–1995)....Pages 119-121
Transcript Editing in Chloroplasts of Higher Plants....Pages 123-137
The Mobile Introns in Fission Yeast Mitochondria: A Short Review and New Data....Pages 138-144
Gene Transfer from the Zygomycete Parasitella parasitica to its Hosts: An Evolutionary Link Between Sex and Parasitism?....Pages 145-152
Trans-Kingdom Conjugation as a Model for Gene Transfer From Endosymbionts to Nucleus During the Origin of Exogenosomal Organelles....Pages 153-164
Chronobiology and Endocytobiology: Where do They Meet?....Pages 165-188
Evolution of Protein Sorting Signals....Pages 191-194
Protein Import Into Peroxisomes....Pages 195-205
Membrane Transport of Proteins: A Multitude of Pathways at the Thylakoid Membrane....Pages 206-213
Analysis of Mitochondrial and Chloroplast Targeting Signals by Neural Network Systems....Pages 214-229
Impact of Plastid Differentiation on Transcription of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genes....Pages 233-242
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Isoenzymes from Cyanophora paradoxa Examination of Their Metabolic Integration Within the Meta-Endocytobiotic System....Pages 243-251
The Phycobiliproteins Within the Cyanoplasts of Cyanophora paradoxa Store Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur for the Whole Cell....Pages 252-260
Hypercycles in Biological Systems....Pages 263-276
Evolutionary Optimization of Enzymes and Metabolic Systems....Pages 277-288
The Endocytobiological Concept of Evolution: A Unified Model....Pages 289-299
Giglio-Tos and Pierantoni: A General Theory of Symbiosis that Still Works....Pages 300-326
Progress in the Studies of Endosymbiotic Algae From Larger Foraminifera....Pages 329-344
Phylogeny Reconstruction Based on Molecular Property Patterns....Pages 345-356
Symbiosis and Macromolecules....Pages 359-366
Acidification in Digestive Vacuoles is an Early Event Required for Holospora Infection of Paramecium Nucleus....Pages 367-370
Monoclonal Antibody Specific for Activated Form of Holospora obtusa , a Macronucleus-Specific Bacterium of Paramecium caudatum ....Pages 371-374
Interactions of Host Paramecia With Infectious Holospora Endocytobionts....Pages 375-378
Appearance of Viable Bacteria in Acanthamoeba royreba After Amoebic Exposure to Megarad Doses of Gamma Radiation....Pages 379-388
Endosymbiosis of Sogatodes orizicola (Muir; Insecta) With Yeast-Like Symbionts....Pages 389-394
A Chaperonin-Like in the Principal Endocytobiotes of the Weevil Sitophilus ....Pages 395-402
Host Signals Dictating Growth Direction, Morphogenesis and Differentiation in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbionts....Pages 405-411
Role of Fungal Wall Components in Interactions Between Endomycorrhizal Symbionts....Pages 412-428
Control of Elicitor-Induced Reactions in Spruce Cells by Auxin and by Enzymatic Elicitor Degradation....Pages 429-440
A Novel IS element is presented in Repeted Copies among the Nodulation Genes of Rhizibium ‘hedysari’ ....Pages 441-448
Effect of Drought Stress on Carbohydrate Metabolism in Nodules of Lupinus angustifolius ....Pages 449-456
Creation of Artificial Symbiosis Between Azotobacter and Higher Plants....Pages 457-466
News on Geosiphon pyriforme , an Endocytobiotic Consortium of a Fungus with a Cyanobacterium....Pages 469-476
Isoforms of Arginase in the Lichens Evernia prunastri and Xanthoria parietina : Physiological Roles and Their Implication in the Controlled Parasitism of the Mycobiont....Pages 477-483
Comparison Between Recent-Isolated and Cultured Populations of Phycobionts From Xanthoria parietina (L.)....Pages 484-490
Presence and Identification of Polyamines and their Conjugation to Phenolics in Some Epiphytic Lichens....Pages 491-498
Intestinal Methanogens and Vertebrate Evolution: Symbiotic Archaea are Key Organisms in the Differentiation of the Digestive Tract....Pages 501-506
Pleomorphic Bacterial Intracytoplasmic Bodies: Basic Biology and Medical Significance....Pages 507-518
Back Matter....Pages 519-530