Plastid Biology
Plastids are the sites of conversion of solar energy into the chemical energy usable to sustain life. They are also responsible for the production of the vast majority of oxygen in the atmosphere. Through these activities they play a unique role in
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Volume 5
Series Editor John J. Harada Davis, USA
Advances in Plant Biology provides summaries and updates of topical areas of plant biology. This series focuses largely on mechanisms that underlie the growth, development, and response of plants to their environment. Each volume contains primarily on information at the molecular, cellular, biochemical, genetic and genomic level, although they will focused on information obtained using other approaches. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8047
Steven M. Theg • Francis-André Wollman Editors
Plastid Biology
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Editors Steven M. Theg Department of Plant Biology Univeristy of California-Davis Davis
California USA
Francis-André Wollman Physiologie Membranaire et Moléculaire du Chloroplaste Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique Paris France
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Preface
Photosynthesis is the process through which the energy inherent in sunlight is captured in the chemical bonds of reduced carbon compounds, thereby providing the
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