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| | RedOrbit - Science - Chloroplast Biogenesis-From Proplastid to Gerontoplast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | This book is aimed at reviewing all essential aspects of chloroplast development, from the chlorophyllfree and thylakoid- free small proplastids of the plant embryo and meristematic tissues, to fully developed functional chloroplasts of green leaves and the subsequent transformation of the mature photosynthetic organelle during senescence, to the premortal plastid stage, the gerontoplast. |
 | | The main emphasis is placed (a) on the "build up" of photosynthetically active chloroplasts during greening by integrating many aspects of the biochemical, enzymatic, and molecular biological details where much progress has been made in the last 25 years, and (b) on the functioning and responses of the mature chloroplast. |
 | | Chapter 2 entitled "Proplastid to Chloroplast Transformation" deals with the biogenesis of chloroplasts from proplastids via etioplasts with Phlide oxidoreductases, light- induced thylakoid synthesis and pigment accumulation, assembling of light-harvesting complexes, photosystems I and II, as well as of ATP synthase and the RubisCO. |
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