| The Molecular Biology of Plant Cells |
| CONTRIBUTORS |
| PREFACE |
| SECTION ONE— PLANT CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION |
| Introduction |
| Chapter 1— Plant Cell Walls |
| Chapter 2— Membrane Structure and Transport |
| Chapter 3— Chloroplasts—Structure and Development |
| Chapter 4— Chloroplasts—Structure and Photosynthesis |
| Chapter 5— Plant Mitochondria |
| Chapter 6— Microbodies |
| • | 6.1— Introduction |
| • | 6.2— Structure and Occurrence |
| • | 6.3— Isolation |
| 6.4— Glyoxysomes |
| 6.5— Peroxisomes |
| • | 6.6— Ontogeny and Turnover of Microbodies |
| • | 6.7— Algal Microbodies |
| • | Further Reading |
| Chapter 7— Microtubules |
| Chapter 8— The Endomembrane System and the Integration of Cellular Activities |
| SECTION TWO— GENE EXPRESSION AND ITS REGULATION IN PLANT CELLS |
| • | Introduction |
| Chapter 9— The Nucleus and the Organization and Transcription of Nuclear DNA |
| Chapter 10— Protein Synthesis in the Cytoplasm |
| Chapter 11— The Genetic Information of Organelles and Its Expression |
| Chapter 12— Regulation of Enzyme Levels and Activity |
| Chapter 13— Hormone Action |
| Chapter 14— Phytochrome Action |
| SECTION THREE— THE MANIPULATION OF PLANT CELLS |
| • | Introduction |
| Chapter 15— Plant Cell Culture |
| Chapter 16— The Physiology of Isolated Plant Protoplasts |
| Chapter 17— Genetic Variation in Cultured Plant Cells |
| REFERENCES |
| INDEX |