The Chloroplast Interactions with the Environment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sandelius, Anna Stina (Editor), Aronsson, Henrik (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Plant Cell Monographs, 13
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Biochemistry.; Plant Anatomy/Development.

Chloroplasts are vital for life as we know it. At the leaf cell level, it is common knowledge that a chloroplast interacts with its surroundings – but this knowledge is often limited to the benefits of oxygenic photosynthesis and that chloroplasts provide reduced carbon, nitrogen and sulphur. This b...

Table of Contents:

• Diversity and Evolution of Plastids and Their Genomes
• The Chloroplast Envelope Proteome and Lipidome
• The Chloroplast Protein Import Apparatus, Its Components, and Their Roles
• Chloroplast Membrane Lipid Biosynthesis and Transport
• The Role of Metabolite Transporters in Integrating Chloroplasts with the Metabolic Network of Plant Cells
• Retrograde Signalling
• Plastid Division Regulation and Interactions with the Environment
• Chloroplast Photorelocation Movement
• A Sentinel Role for Plastids.