The Plant Seed. Development, Preservation, and Germination

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ACADEMIC PRESS RAPID MANUSCRIPT REPRODUCTION, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages vii-viii
Preface, Pages ix-x
THE MAJOR STORAGE PROTEIN OF FRENCH BEAN SEEDS: CHARACTERIZATION IN VIVO AND TRANSLATION IN VITRO, Pages 3-26, T.C. Hall, S.M. Sun, Y. Ma, R.C. McLeester, J.W. Pyne, F.A. Bliss, B.U. Buchbinder
MOLECULAR BASIS OF ZEIN PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN MAIZE ENDOSPERM, Pages 27-48, F.A. Burr, B. Burr
THE MECHANISM OF ZEIN SYNTHESIS AND DEPOSITION IN PROTEIN BODIES OF MAIZE ENDOSPERM, Pages 49-65, Brian A. Larkins, Nina L. Pearlmutter, William J. Hurkman
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MESSENGER RNAs THAT CODE FOR THE SUBUNITS OF SOYBEAN SEED PROTEIN, Pages 67-84, R.N. Beachy, J.F. Thompson, J.T. Madison
REGULATORY VARIANT AND MUTANT ALLELES IN HIGHER ORGANISMS AND THEIR POSSIBLE ORIGIN VIA CHROMOSOMAL BREAKS, Pages 85-111, Michael Freeling, James C. Woodman
ROLE OF STORED MESSENGER RNA IN LATE EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT AND GERMINATION, Pages 113-127, L.S. Dure III
HORMONAL CONTROL OF STORAGE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN PHASEOLUS VULGARIS, Pages 129-141, I.M. Sussex, R.M.K. Dale
PHYSIOLOGICAL AND OTHER ASPECTS OF SEED PRESERVATION, Pages 145-170, Louis N. Bass
GERMPLASM PRESERVATION: THE BASIS OF FUTURE FEAST OR FAMINE GENETIC RESOURCES OF MAIZE––AN EXAMPLE, Pages 171-200, D.H. Timothy, M.M. Goodman
NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM AND THE GERMINATION OF SEED EMBRYONIC AXES, Pages 203-218, Shirley Rodaway, Bor-Fuei Huang, Abraham Marcus
DORMANCY BREAKING BY HORMONES AND OTHER CHEMICALS–– ACTION AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL, Pages 219-239, J. Derek Bewley
HORMONAL CONTROL OF ENDOSPERM FUNCTION DURING GERMINATION, Pages 241-262, J.V. Jacobsen, T.J.V. Higgins, J.A. Zwar
Index, Pages 263-266