UID:
almahu_9949697583102882
Format:
1 online resource (571 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-02494-5
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9786611024949
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0-08-052572-5
Content:
This book provides students and researchers in plant sciences with a concise general account of plant biochemistry. The edited format allows recognized experts in plant biochemistry to contribute chapters on their special topics. Up-to-date surveys are divided into four sections: the cell, primary metabolism, special metabolism, and the plant and the environment. There is a strong emphasis on plant metabolism as well as enzymological, methodological, molecular, biological, functional, and regulatory aspects of plant biochemistry. Illustrations of metabolic pathways are used extensively, and fu
Note:
"... intended to replace the earlier text, 'Plant biochemistry', 3rd ed., edited by Bonner and Varner and published by Academic Press in 1976."--Pref.
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Front Cover; Plant Biochemistry; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. The Plant, the Cell and its Molecular Components; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Comparative biochemistry; 1.3 The eukaryotic plant cell; 1.4 Techniques of cell fractionation; 1.5 Molecular aspects; References; Further reading; Chapter 2. Photosynthesis; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Light energy utilization to produce ATP and NADPH; 2.3 The Benson-Calvin cycle; 2.4 Photorespiration; 2.5 C4 photosynthesis; 2.6 Crassulacean acid metabolism; Acknowledgements; Background reading; Further reading; Other reference
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Chapter 3. Carbohydrate Metabolism: Primary Metabolism of Monosaccharides3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Glycolysis; 3.3 Pentose phosphate pathway; 3.4 The citric acid cycle; 3.5 Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation; References and further reading; Chapter 4. Carbohydrate Metabolism:Storage Carbohydrates; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Sucrose; 4.3. a,a-Trehalose; 4.4 Other oligosaccharides; 4.5 Fructans; 4.6 Starch; 4.7 Other reserve polysaccharides; References; Further reading; Chapter 5. Carbohydrate Metabolism: Structural Carbohydrates; 5.1 Introduction
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5.2 The plant cell wall or extracellular matrix5.3 Structures and interactions of plant cell wall polysaccharides; 5.4 Supramolecular interactions of structural polysaccharides in cell walls; 5.5 Biosynthesis of structural polysaccharides; 5.6 Metabolic turnover of structural components; 5.7 Conclusions; References; Chapter 6. Plant Lipid Metabolism; 6.1 The chemistry of plant lipids; 6.2 Fatty acid biosynthesis; 6.3 Triacylglycerol synthesis; 6.4 Membrane lipid biogenesis; 6.5 Lipid catabolism and turnover; 6.6 Cutins, suberins and waxes; 6.7 Plant membranes; Further reading
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Chapter 7. Primary Nitrogen Metabolism7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Nitrogen fixation; 7.3 Nitrate uptake and reduction; 7.4 Ammonia assimilation; 7.5 Asparagine metabolism; 7.6 Aminotransferases; 7.7 The aspartate family; 7.8 The branched chain amino acids; 7.9 The biosynthesis of proline and arginine; 7.10 Sulfur amino acids; 7.11 Histidine; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 8. Nucleic Acids and Proteins; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 DNA; 8.3 RNA; 8.4 Proteins; 8.5 Summary; References; Chapter 9. Regulation of Gene Expression in Plants; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Nuclear genes; 9.3 Organellar genes
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9.4 Signaling mechanisms in gene regulation9.5 Gene regulation in plant development; 9.6 Transgenic plants; 9.7 Conclusion; Further reading; Chapter 10. Phenolic Metabolism; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Shikimate/arogenate pathway; 10.3 Phenylalanine/hydroxycinnamate pathway; 10.4 Phenylpropanoid pathways; 10.5 Hydroxycinnamate conjugates; 10.6 Hydroxycoumarins; 10.7 Hydroxybenzoates; 10.8 Flavonoids; 10.9 Lignins; 10.10 Lignans and Neolignans; 10.11 Tannins; 10.12 Quinones; References; Chapter 11. Isoprenoid Metabohsm; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Nomenclature, classification and occurrence
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11.3 General pathway of terpenoid biosynthesis
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-214674-3
Language:
English
