Structure and Function of Plant Genomes

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Repeated Sequences and Genome Architecture....Pages 1-14
Differential Induction of mRNAs by Light and Elicitor in Cultured Plant Cells....Pages 15-23
The Heat Shock Response in Soybean Seedlings....Pages 25-36
Organization of Soybean Seed Protein Genes and Their Flanking Regions....Pages 37-45
Expression of Nuclear Genes Encoding the Small Subunit of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase....Pages 47-59
Mutations at the Shrunken Locus in Maize Caused by the Controlling Element DS ....Pages 61-72
Structure and Expression of Zein Genes in Maize Endosperm....Pages 73-83
The Hordeins of Barley: Developmentally and Nutritionally Regulated Multigene Families of Storage Proteins....Pages 85-92
The Synthesis, Processing and Primary Structure of Pea Seed Lectin....Pages 93-99
Structure and Expression of Genes Encoding the Soybean 7S Seed Storage Proteins....Pages 101-112
Cottonseed Storage Proteins as a Tool for Developmental Biology....Pages 113-121
Phaseolin: Nucleotide Sequence Explains Molecular Weight and Charge Heterogeneity of a Small Multigene Family and also Assists Vector Construction for Gene Expression in Alien Tissue....Pages 123-142
Identification and Characterization of Genes for Polypeptides of the Thylakoid Membrane....Pages 143-153
Organization and Expression of the Chloroplast Genome of Euglena gracilis ....Pages 155-166
Comparative Studies on tRNAs and Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases from Various Photosynthetic Organisms....Pages 167-180
Structure of the Gene (tmpA) for the “32,000-M r ” Thylakoid Membrane Polypeptide of Spinacia Oleracea and Nicotiana Debneyi ....Pages 181-186
A Compendium of Characteristics for the Rapidly-Metabolized 32 Kd Protein of the Chloroplast Membrane....Pages 187-192
Organization and Structure of the Genes for the β and ε Subunits of Spinach and Pea Chloroplast ATPase....Pages 193-198
Chloroplast EF-Tu is Coded in Spinach Chloroplast DNA....Pages 199-204
Chloroplast Genes and Transformation in Chlamydomonas....Pages 205-212
The In Vivo Transcriptional Activity of the Barley Chloroplast Genome....Pages 213-220
Chlorphyll a/b Binding Proteins and the Small Subunit of Ribulose Bisphosphate Carboxylase are Encoded by Multiple Genes in Petunia....Pages 221-230
Biochemical Genetics of Nitrogen Fixation....Pages 231-237
Nitrogen-Control of the nif Regulon in Klebsiella pneumoniae ....Pages 239-246
Localization and Molecular Genetic Analysis of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation Genes in Rhizobium Meliloti ....Pages 247-252
Conservation of the Regulatory Mechanisms Regulatng the Expression of Nitrogen Fixation Genes in R . meliloti and K . pneumoniae ....Pages 253-262
Nodule-Specific Induction of Host Genes in Yellow Lupin....Pages 263-267
A Search for Nodulin Genes of Soybean....Pages 269-283
Organization and Transcription of Nitrogen Fixation Genes in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena....Pages 285-292
Oligosaccharins: Naturally Occurring Carbohydrates with Biological Regulatory Functions....Pages 293-312
Early Molecular Events in the Phytoalexin Defense Response....Pages 313-327
Identification and Use of cDNAS of Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase and 4-Coumarate:CoA LIGASE mRNAS in Studies of the Induction of Phytoalexin Biosynthetic Enzymes in Cultured Parsley Cells....Pages 329-336
Wound-Regulated Synthesis and Compartmentation of Proteinase Inhibitors in Plant Leaves....Pages 337-346
Mitochondrial Genes and their Expression in Higher Plants....Pages 347-361
Relationships Among Plasmid-Like DNAs of the Maize Mitochondria....Pages 363-371
Organization and Evolution of Ribosomal RNA Genes in Wheat Mitochondria....Pages 373-380
DNA Polymerase and DNA Synthesis in Wheat Embryo Mitochondria....Pages 381-385
Transformation of Plant Protoplasts in Vitro....Pages 387-408
T-DNA of the Agrobacterium Ti and Ri Plasmids as Vectors....Pages 409-418
The Cauliflower Mosaic Virus Minichromosome....Pages 419-425
The Potential of Cauliflower Mosaic Virus as a Gene Vector....Pages 427-435
Structure and Function of Plant Virus Genomes....Pages 437-449
Structure and Expression of the Cauliflower Mosaic Virus Genome....Pages 451-462
Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoproteins Extracted from the Cell Walls of Aerated Carrot Root Slices....Pages 463-480
Tobacco Revisited: A Food from Tobacco Fraction 1 Protein Plus a Safer Smoking Material....Pages 481-492
Back Matter....Pages 493-495