Plastid Development in Leaves during Growth and Senescence

Preface.- Part I: General Aspects of Chloroplast Development.- 1. The Dynamic Role of Chloroplasts in Integrating Plant Growth and Development; Karin Krupinska et al.- 2. Chloroplast Development: Time, Dissipative Structure and Fluctuations; Mukesh K. Raval et al.- Part II: Chloroplast Biogenesis During Leaf Development.- 3. Etioplasts and their Significance in Chloroplast Biogenesis; Katalin Solymosi, Henrik Aronsson.- 4. The Biogenesis of the Thylakoid Membrane – Photosystem II, a Case Study; Karin Meierhoff, Peter Westhoff.- 5. Organization and Assembly of Photosystem I; Yukako Hihara, Kintake Sonoike.- 6. Rubisco Assembly - a Research Memoir; Harry Roy.- 7. Glycerolipid Biosynthesis and Chloroplast Biogenesis; Maryse Block et al.- 8. Chloroplasts Contact with the Endoplasmatic Reticulum and Lipid Trafficking; Mats X. Andersson.- 9. Stromule Formation; John C. Gray.- Part III: The Plastid Genome and its Expression during Chloroplast Development.- 10. Dynamic Features of the Plastid Genome and its Transcriptional Control in Plastid Development; Kengo Kanamaru, Mamoru Sugita.- 11. Development-Dependent Changes in the Amount and Structural Organization of Plastid DNA; Karsten Liere, Thomas Börner.- 12. The Ins and Outs of Chloroplast Protein Transport; Qihua Ling et al.- Part IV: Leaf Senescence and Chloroplast Dismantling.- 13. Defining Senescence and Death in Photosynthetic Tissues; Larry D. Nooden.- 14. Ultrastructural Analyses of Senescence Associated Dismantling of Chloroplasts Revisited; Maria Mulisch, Karin Krupinska.- 15. Plastoglobuli, Thylakoids, Chloroplast Structure and Development of Plastids; Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler.- 16. The Pathway of Chlorophyll Degradation: Catabolites, Enzymes and Pathway Regulation; Stefan Hörtensteiner.- 17. Regulation of Leaf Senescence: Role of Reactive Oxygen Species; Renu Khanna-Chopra et al.- 18. Chloroplast Protein Degradation: Involvement of Senescence Associated Vacuoles; M. Lorenza Costa et al.- 19. Autophagy ofChloroplasts During Leaf Senescence; Shinya Wada, Hiroyuki Ishida.-
20. Plastid Protein Degradation During Leaf Development and Senescence: Role of Proteases and Chaperones; Yusuke Kato, Wataru Sakamoto.- Part V. Organellar Control of Development.- 21. Cross-Talk of Mitochondria and Chloroplasts; Michela Zottini.- 22. Plastidial Signaling During the Plant Life Cycle; Thomas Pfannschmidt, Sergi Munné-Bosch.- 23. Chloroplast Control of Leaf Senescence; Bartalome Sabater, Mercedes Martín.- 24. The Role of Trehalose Metabolism in Photosynthetic Development and Leaf Senescence; Astrid Wingler, Matthew Paul.- Part VI. Environmental Signals and Chloroplast Development.- 25. Photoregulation of Chloroplast Development: Retrograde Signaling; Naini Burman, Jitendra P. Khurana.- 26. Regreening of Yellow Leaves; Hrvoje Fulgosi et al.- 27. Modulation of Chlorophyll Biosynthesis by Environmental Cues; Baishnab C.Tripathy, Vijay Dalal.- 28. Response of Developing, Mature and Senescing Chloroplasts to Environmental Stress; Padmanava Joshi et al.- Index.