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1 online resource (3101 p.) |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- TITLE PAGE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- THE EDITORS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- ABOUT THE COMPANION WEBSITE -- I: COMPARTMENTS -- 1 Membrane Structure and Membranous Organelles -- Introduction -- 1.1 Common properties and inheritance of cell membranes -- 1.2 The fluid-mosaic membrane model -- 1.3 Plasma membrane -- 1.4 Endoplasmic reticulum -- 1.5 Golgi apparatus -- 1.6 Exocytosis and endocytosis -- 1.7 Vacuoles -- 1.8 The nucleus -- 1.9 Peroxisomes -- 1.10 Plastids -- 1.11 Mitochondria -- Summary -- 2 The Cell Wall -- Introduction |
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2.1 Sugars are building blocks of the cell wall -- 2.2 Macromolecules of the cell wall -- 2.3 Cell wall architecture -- 2.4 Cell wall biosynthesis and assembly -- 2.5 Growth and cell walls -- 2.6 Cell differentiation -- 2.7 Cell walls as sources of food, feed, fiber, and fuel, and their genetic improvement -- Summary -- 3 Membrane Transport -- Introduction -- 3.1 Overview of plant membrane transport systems -- 3.2 Pumps -- 3.3 Ion channels -- 3.4 Cotransporters -- 3.5 Water transport through aquaporins -- Summary -- 4 Protein Sorting and Vesicle Traffic -- Introduction |
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4.1 The cellular machinery of protein sorting -- 4.2 Targeting proteins to the plastids -- 4.3 Targeting proteins to mitochondria -- 4.4 Targeting proteins to peroxisomes -- 4.5 Transport in and out of the nucleus -- 4.6 ER is the secretory pathway port of entry and a protein nursery -- 4.7 Protein traffic and sorting in the secretory pathway: the ER -- 4.8 Protein traffic and sorting in the secretory pathway: the Golgi apparatus and beyond -- 4.9 Endocytosis and endosomal compartments -- Summary -- 5 The Cytoskeleton -- Introduction -- 5.1 Introduction to the cytoskeleton |
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5.2 Actin and tubulin gene families -- 5.3 Characteristics of actin filaments and microtubules -- 5.4 Cytoskeletal accessory proteins -- 5.5 Observing the cytoskeleton: Statics and dynamics -- 5.6 Role of actin filaments in directed intracellular movement -- 5.7 Cortical microtubules and expansion -- 5.8 The cytoskeleton and signal transduction -- 5.9 Mitosis and cytokinesis -- II: CELL REPRODUCTION -- 6 Nucleic Acids -- Introduction -- 6.1 Composition of nucleic acids and synthesis of nucleotides -- 6.2 Replication of nuclear DNA -- 6.3 DNA repair -- 6.4 DNA recombination -- 6.5 Organellar DNA |
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6.6 DNA transcription -- 6.7 Characteristics and functions of RNA -- 6.8 RNA processing -- Summary -- 7 Amino Acids -- Introduction -- 7.1 Amino acid biosynthesis in plants: research and prospects -- 7.2 Assimilation of inorganic nitrogen into N-transport amino acids -- 7.3 Aromatic amino acids -- 7.4 Aspartate-derived amino acids -- 7.5 Branched-chain amino acids -- 7.6 Glutamate-derived amino acids -- 7.7 Histidine -- Summary -- 8 Lipids -- Introduction -- 8.1 Structure and function of lipids -- 8.2 Fatty acid biosynthesis -- 8.3 Acetyl-CoA carboxylase -- 8.4 Fatty acid synthase |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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8.5 Desaturation and elongation of C16 and C18 fatty acids |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781118502198 |
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1118502191 |
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