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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      15 January 2010
      30 April 2009
      ISBN:
      9780511626715
      9780521885010
      9780521711975
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511626715
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.47kg, 212 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.35kg, 212 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Plant Sciences, Life Sciences
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    Plastids reside in all plant cells, and take on different forms in relation to their cellular function, biochemistry and storage capacity. The modern era of molecular biology and molecular genetics has enabled much to be learnt about how plastids function, and how they relate to their evolutionary past. In this accessible text, Kevin Pyke expertly describes how the plastids are highly complex organelles at the very core of plant cellular function, providing final year undergraduate and graduate students with an overview of plastid biology and recent developments in the field. Topics covered include: a consideration of different plastid types and how they relate to cell function; plastid genomes and how proteins are imported into plastids; photosynthesis and core aspects of plastid biochemistry; plastid signalling and functionality within a cellular context; and plastid genetic manipulation. Supplementary colour images are available online at www.cambridge.org/9780521885010.

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    'There was much that I learned despite having worked in the field of photosynthesis and leaf metabolism for many years. Much about plastid morphology and development is well illustrated, with further colour images available as a zip-file online … well-written, easy to read and is of potential interest to a wide audience, particularly now that there is renewed interest in improving photosynthesis to assure food security.'

    Source: Annals of Botany

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