Probing Photosynthesis: Mechanism, Regulation & Adaptation

1. Milestones in Photosynthesis Govindjee 2. Natural oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesis based on newly found chlorophylls Shigeru Itoh and Masayo Iwaki 3. Light-harvesting antennas in plants Stephen M. Gomez and Parag R. Chitnis 4. Stalk, no stalk or double stalk? Experimental strategies, results and speculations on CF1CF0 interactions with photosynthetic ATP synthase R. J. Berzborn 5. Energy transduction on the Z-scheme Gunter Hauska and Matthias Arnold 6. Chloroplast thylakoid membranes: a paradigm for biogenetic and evolutionary complexity Reinhold G. Herrmann and Rainer M. Maier 7. The manganese cluster in photosystem II, investigated by EPR spectroscopy K.A. Ahrling and S. Styring 8. Diversity in photosynthesis D.O. Hall 9. C3/C4 Carbon metabolism and regulation in higher plants Randhir Singh 10. Ribulose 1, 5-bisphosphate-carboxylase/oxygenase: activation and regulation A.S. Bhagwat 11. Molecular aspects of Rubisco specificity G.F. Wildner 12. CAM photosynthesis: ecophysiological and molecular strategies for survival A. Ramachandra Reddy and V.S. Rama Das 13. Photorespiration and interaction between chloroplast, mitochondria and peroxisomes K. Padmasree and A.S. Raghavendra 14. Photosynthesis in relation to crop productivity Renu Khanna-Chopra 15. Strategies of photosynthetic adaptations and acclimation Jan M. Anderson 16. Photoinactivation of the two photosystems in oxygenic photosynthesis-mechanisms and regulations I. Ohad, K. Sonoike, and B. Andersson 17. State transitions in cyanobacteria P. Dominy and C. Mullineaux 18. Light-regulated expression of photosynthesis related genes A.K. Tyagi, A. Dhingra and S. Raghuvanshi 19. Photosynthetic productivity prospects under CO2-enriched atmosphere of the 21st century A.R. Reddy and A. Gnanam 20. Molecular targets of UV-B radiation in the photosynthetic membranes G. Kulandaivelu and K. Lingakumar 21. Photosynthetic adaptation to nutrient stress I.M. Rao and N. Terry 22. Water stress responsive proteins/genes in